Site Type: | Cave, Cave System |
Site Status: | ASSI |
Council area: | Fermanagh District Council |
Grid Reference: | H09364830 |
Google maps: | 54.38371,-7.85684 |
Rocks |
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Rock Age: | Quaternary, Carboniferous (Asbian, Holocene, Visean) |
Rock Name: | Dartry Limestone Formation, Glenade Sandstone Formation, Glencar Limestone Formation, Knockmore Limestone Member, Meenymore Formation |
Rock Type: | Breccia, Chert, Limestone |
Interest |
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Minerals: | Calcite |
Fossil Groups: | Crinoid |
Other interest: | bedding, fault, joints, rift, slickensides, breakdown, cave, cave pearls, clastic sediments, column, dendritic river cave, flowstone, gour pool, helictite, natural bridge, organic sediments, speleothem, stalactite, stalagmite, straw, sump |
A full description of this important and extensive cave is given in the general account of the system (Noon's Hole – Arch Cave, Key Site 1161).