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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Kiltierney Deer Park; Fiddler's Cave | Fermanagh |
| Site number: | 431 | File Number: | H26 |
| ESCC: | IC | ||
| Locality Type: | Cave | Status: | local interest |
| Grid Reference: | H221625 Centroid | ||
| Google maps: | 54.51088,-7.65878 | ||
| County: | Fermanagh | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council |
| Period: | Quaternary, Carboniferous | ||
| Stages: | Chadian, Holocene | ||
| Lithostrat: | Ballyshannon Limestone Formation | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Description: | |
This cave is approximately 40m long and ends in a sump. It is developed initially on a fissure while at the sump chamber, bedding plane control dominates. The entrance to the cave and the entrance passage is 1m by 1m and the main chamber is approximately 6m wide and 1m high. There is no speleothem development and the floor of the chamber consists of mud and gravel. | |
| Notes: | |
Fiddler's Cave is a feature of Kiltierney Deer Park and is an outlying karst site in County Fermanagh. For general information on the features of the Park, including this one, and a reference list, see site description 'Outlying Sites in Fermanagh & Tyrone; Kiltierney Deer Park'. | |
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| Rocks: | Limestone |
| Structures: | bedding, joints |
| Geomorph: | cave, clastic sediments, sump |
| Measurements | |||||
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| Length: | ~40 m | Width: | ~6 m | Height: | 1 m |
| Depth: | Area: | ||||
| Record type: | ESCR report | ||
| Entered by: | Doughty, P.J. | ||
| Last updated: | 24 Dec 2003 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Kiltierney Deer Park; Fiddler's Cave, County Fermanagh, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=431. Accessed on 2026-11-06. |
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