Fair Head, or BENMORE, a precipitous promontory of the north coast of Antrim, Ireland, opposite Rathlin Isle, which is 4 miles to the NW. It rises 636 feet above the sea, and consists of carboniferous strata, overlaid by greenstone columns, 20 to 30 feet thick, and 280 to 300 feet high.
Fair Head
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 528
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