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Belmore Mountain

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forms extensive sheer cliffs near the summit. Chemical erosion caused by the natural acidity of water has formed a cave system underneath the mountain, accessible at the village of
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In 1894, archeologist Thomas Plunkett excavated both the Eagle’s Knoll Cairn passage tomb and Moylehid ring cairn in the townland of
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border in the south of the county. The historian John O Donovan (1834) states that the indigenous population called the mountain
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Agriculture is limited due to the steep slopes and thin peaty soils on Belmore, however extensive plantations of
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Kelly, John (1859), "The Carboniferous Rocks of Ireland",
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Belmore Mountain dominates the skyline in the nearby
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Belmore (disambiguation)

Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Marilyn
Coordinates
54°19′26″N 7°47′19″W / 54.3238°N 7.7886°W / 54.3238; -7.7886
Irish
Belmore Mountain is located in Northern Ireland
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
OSI/OSNI grid
H138417
Topo map
OSNI
Irish
hill
townland
Gortgall
County Fermanagh
Northern Ireland
above sea level
Cuilcagh
Republic of Ireland
county town
Enniskillen
limestone
sedimentary rock
Boho

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