Lands above, Co. Antrim
Cairncastle or Carncastle, from the Irish 'carn' meaning 'mound' and the English word 'castle' is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim near the town of Larne and inland from the village of Ballygally. Located on the windswept Antrim Plateau on a basalt escarpment above the village is Knock Dhu, (from the Irish for 'black hill') a Bronze Age promontory fort and settlement.