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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Boho; Pollkerran | Fermanagh |
| Site number: | 389 | File Number: | H14 |
| ESCC: | IC | ||
| Locality Type: | Sinkhole | Status: | ASSI |
| Grid Reference: | H11834513 | ||
| Google maps: | 54.35491,-7.81849 | ||
| County: | Fermanagh | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary, Carboniferous | ||
| Stages: | Holocene, Visean | ||
| Lithostrat: | Carn Limestone Member | ||
| Site Description | |
|---|---|
| Description: | |
Pollkerran is a collapse doline developed in the Carn Limestone and takes a small stream. The blue-grey shaley mudstone beds of the Carn Limestone are well exposed in the doline walls. | |
| Notes: | |
Pollkerran is a feature of the Boho Cave System of the Belmore, Ballintempo and Tullybrack Uplands. For general information on the systems and features of the Boho Caves, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Boho'. | |
| Keywords | |
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| Rocks: | Limestone, Mudstone, Shale |
| Geomorph: | doline, sinkhole |
| Record type: | ESCR report | ||
| Entered by: | Doughty, P.J. | ||
| Last updated: | 24 Dec 2003 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Boho; Pollkerran, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=389. Accessed on 2026-11-05. |
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