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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Reyfad-Carrickbeg; Carrickbeg | Fermanagh |
| Site number: | 394 | File Number: | H14 |
| ESCC: | IC | ||
| Locality Type: | Cave | Status: | ASSI |
| Grid Reference: | H11724670 | ||
| Google maps: | 54.36929,-7.81997 | ||
| County: | Fermanagh | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary, Carboniferous | ||
| Stages: | Holocene, Visean | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Description: | |
Carrickbeg Rising is situated north of the road to Boho Churches at 80m amsl. The cave entrance is immediately above the rising, at the base of the limestone scarp south of the road. A 15m long boulder-collapse area leads to a large (3m wide by 5m high) stream passage with a sandy floor. This continues for 540m to a 15m phreatic section which, after a number of ducks finally sumps. Beyond the phreatic section, 400m of passage similar to that downstream of the sump ends in a collapse chamber and tight rifts in thinly bedded limestone. The mainstream enters from an active sump which becomes impassable after a few metres. A muddy over- flow passage continues beyond the junction and leads to a larger sump, dived for approximately 120m at about -3m depth on a bearing of 210°. The passage size in this phreatic section is generally about 1.5m wide by 0.75m high. About 250m from the entrance, Sump Inlet Passage enters from the west and ends in a sump after about 18m. The sump has been dived to a distance of 75m at a depth of -12m. | |
| Notes: | |
Carrickbeg Rising Cave is a feature of the Reyfad-Carrickbeg area of the Belmore, Ballintempo and Tullybrack Uplands. For general information on the systems and features of Reyfad-Carrickbeg, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Reyfad-Carrickbeg'. | |
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| Rocks: | Limestone |
| Structures: | bedding, rift |
| Geomorph: | cave, sump |
| Measurements | |||||
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| Length: | ~1000 m | Width: | 1.5-3 m | Height: | 0.75-5 m |
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| Record type: | ESCR report | ||
| Entered by: | Doughty, P.J. | ||
| Last updated: | 24 Dec 2003 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Reyfad-Carrickbeg; Carrickbeg, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=394. Accessed on 2026-11-08. |
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