Barnesmore Gap (Q4861571)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Barnesmore Gap (Irish: An Bearnas Mór, meaning 'the big gap') is a mountain pass or gap (elevation 117 m) situated in the Bluestack Mountains, County Donegal, Ireland. The main Donegal to Ballybofey road, the N15, and route of the former County Donegal Railway run through Barnesmore gap, acting as the main route between south and north Donegal. It is an area of complex geology, but its main feature is granite formed in the Devonian period, 400million years ago. The gap held glaciers in the Last Glacial Period flowing to the Atlantic through what is now Donegal Bay, up to about 13000 years ago. According to a 17th century Hiberno-Latin history of Donegal Abbey, the Gap of Barnesmore was once home to a large population of wild red deer.

Summary from An Ghaeilge / Irish Wikipedia (gawiki)

Is mám sléibhe nó bearna é An Bearnas Mór atá suite ins Na Cruacha Gorma, Contae Dhún na nGall, Éire. Téann an príomhbhóthar ó Bhealach Féich, an N15, agus iar-Iarnróid Chontae Dhún na nGall tríd an Bearnas Mór, a gníomhaíonn mar an bealach is mó idir tuaisceart agus deisceart Dhún na nGall.

Wikidata location: 54.7221, -7.9481 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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