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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Knockmore-Pollaraftra; Whitehouse Cave | Fermanagh |
| Site number: | 417 | File Number: | H05 |
| ESCC: | IC | ||
| Locality Type: | Cave | Status: | ASSI |
| Grid Reference: | H067502 | ||
| Google maps: | 54.40082,-7.89681 | ||
| County: | Fermanagh | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary, Carboniferous | ||
| Stages: | Asbian, Holocene, Visean | ||
| Lithostrat: | Knockmore Limestone Member | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Description: | |
Just to the north of the Garrison - Derrygonnelly road, at a small hill, is the most westerly part of this Knockmore Limestone exposure and on its summit is Whitehouse Cave. Entered by a vertical rift, this relict cave consists of a single chamber (15m x 4m) with a boulder slope leading down to the calcite blocked continuation of the controlling fissure. The cave has good soft calcite deposits and some small stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones. | |
| Notes: | |
Whitehouse Cave is a feature of the Knockmore-Pollaraftra area of the Belmore, Ballintempo and Tullybrack Uplands. For general information on the systems and features of the Knockmore-Pollaraftra area, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Knockmore-Pollaraftra'. | |
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| Minerals: | Calcite |
| Rocks: | Limestone |
| Structures: | rift |
| Geomorph: | cave, flowstone, stalactite, stalagmite |
| Measurements | |||||
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| Length: | 25 m | Width: | 15 m | Height: | 4 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. Knockmore-Pollaraftra; Whitehouse Cave, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=417. Accessed on 2026-11-06. |
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