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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Noon's Hole-Arch Cave; Aughakeeran Pot | Fermanagh |
| Site number: | 408 | File Number: | H04 |
| ESCC: | IC | ||
| Locality Type: | Pothole | Status: | ASSI |
| Grid Reference: | H09344765 | ||
| Google maps: | 54.37742,-7.85686 | ||
| County: | Fermanagh | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary, Carboniferous | ||
| Stages: | Asbian, Holocene, Visean | ||
| Lithostrat: | Dartry Limestone Formation, Knockmore Limestone Member | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Description: | |
Aughakeeran Pot (Pollaphylla, Pollasod) is a 54m deep vadose shaft system developed on a joint with a 110° orientation. A minor stream breaks through the cherty facies of the Dartry Limestone into the Knockmore Limestone and the water is assumed to join the Pollanaffrin stream. | |
| Notes: | |
Aughakeeran Pot is a feature of the Noon's Hole-Arch Cave area of the Belmore, Ballintempo and Tullybrack Uplands. For general information on the systems and features of the Noon's Hole-Arch Cave area, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Noon's Hole-Arch Cave'. | |
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| Rocks: | Limestone |
| Structures: | joints |
| Geomorph: | pothole, sinkhole |
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| Length: | Width: | Height: | |||
| Depth: | 54 m | Area: | |||
| Record type: | ESCR report | ||
| Entered by: | Doughty, P.J. | ||
| Last updated: | 24 Dec 2003 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Noon's Hole-Arch Cave; Aughakeeran Pot, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=408. Accessed on 2026-11-08. |
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