Benbradagh

{{short description|Mountain in Northern Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Benbradagh | other_name = Binn Bhradach

| photo = Benbradagh.jpg

| photo_caption = Benbradagh as seen from Derryork, in October 2008

| elevation_m = 465

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/mv/index.php?mtnindex=565|title=Benbradagh|publisher=MountainViews|accessdate=2008-12-13}}

| prominence_m = 171

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| listing =

| range = Sperrin Mountains

| location = County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

| map = UK Northern Ireland#Island of Ireland#United Kingdom

| map_size =

| map_caption = Location in Northern Ireland

| label_position = none

| coordinates = {{coord|54.944377|N|6.874234|W|type:mountain_scale:100000_source:GNS-enwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| range_coordinates =

| grid_ref_Ireland = C7219411337

| topo = OSNI Discoverer Series 13 The Sperrins (1:50000), OSNI Activity Map Sperrins (1:25000)

}}

Benbradagh ({{etymology|ga|Binn Bhradach|treacherous peak}}){{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/9b31e0501b744154b4584b1dce1f859b/page/Place-Name-Info/?data_id=dataSource_1-PlaceNames_Gazeteer_No_Global_IDs_3734%3A23035 |title=Benbradagh |publisher=Northern Ireland Place-names Project}} is a large hill near Dungiven in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It rises to {{convert|465|m}} and is north of the Sperrin Mountains.

Benbradagh was used from the 1940s to the early 1970s as a United States Military communications base for its North Atlantic fleet. US forces also built underground stores for high explosives at Benbradagh. In the early 1980s, Col Buckley, of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (Ireland), believed the UK could use the facility to store nuclear weapons. Col Buckley complained that he did not have "the monitoring or surveillance systems" to confirm whether nuclear weapons were being kept there, but the British strongly denied having nuclear weapons in Northern Ireland.{{Cite web|title=Óglaigh na hÉireann intelligence boss believed Derry mountain Benbradagh could be used to store nuclear weapons, new 'confidential' files show|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/oglaigh-na-heireann-intelligence-boss-believed-derry-mountain-benbradagh-could-be-used-store-nuclear-weapons-new-confidential-files-show-1352451|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.derryjournal.com|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Hutton|first=Brian|title=Security forces feared nuclear weapons in Northern Ireland|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/security-forces-feared-nuclear-weapons-in-northern-ireland-xvmvq9llw|access-date=2022-01-13|issn=0140-0460}}