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Noon's Hole-Arch Cave; Noon's Hole-Arch Cave SystemFermanagh
Site Type: Cave, Cave System
Site Status: ASSI
Council area: Fermanagh District Council
Grid Reference: H09364830
Google maps: 54.38371,-7.85684
Rocks
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
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

Summary of site:

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).

 Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2024. Noon's Hole-Arch Cave; Noon's Hole-Arch Cave System, County Fermanagh, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review.
https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=405. Accessed on 2024-12-26

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