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Belmore; Holywell RisingFermanagh
Site number:378File Number:H03
ESCC:IC
Locality Type:Pothole Status: local interest
Grid Reference: H07613970
Google maps: 54.30648,-7.88323
County: FermanaghCouncil area:Fermanagh & Omagh District Council
Period:Quaternary
Stages:Holocene
Site Description
image: 0378a.jpg Holywell Rising
Holywell Rising
Description:
Holywell is a significant resurgence with the water rising through sand and boulders on the bed of a shallow pool.
image: 0378b.jpg Holywell Rising
Holywell Rising
The water which resurges at Holywell is of unknown origin, but it has been suggested by some speleologists that water from the Reyfad System could reach this side of the Tullybrack - Ballintempo upland although it has been proved that water sinking at Waterfall Sink (Reyfad System) does not resurge at Holywell.
Notes:
Holywell Rising is a feature of the Belmore Mountain area of the Belmore, Ballintempo and Tullybrack Uplands. For general information on the systems and features of the Belmore area, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Belmore'.
Keywords
Rocks:Limestone
Geomorph:pothole
Record type: ESCR report    
Entered by: Doughty, P.J.
Last updated:23 Dec 2003
 Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Belmore; Holywell Rising, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review.
https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=378. Accessed on 2026-11-04.

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