Aghanaglack
| Aghanaglack TOWNLAND | |
| Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
 Dual Court Tomb in Aghanaglack | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 54°20’13"N, 7°50’24"W |
| Grid reference: | H104431 |
| Data | |
Aghanaglack or Aghnaglack is a townland in Fermanagh. It includes the village of Boho.
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Name
The name 'Aghanaglack' derives from the Irish Achadh na glaice, meaning "Field of the hollow". Alternative spellings of this name recorded over the centuries include:
- Aghneglack (1609)
- Aghonaglacky (1611)
- Agheneglackie (1624)
- Aghneglacke (1630)
- Aghanlaike (1659)
- Glack, Glac or Glac Mhanchach
- Aghonaglacky
- Aghanaglach.[1][2]
History
The Reverend John Nixon states in his diary, that during the period of the Plantation, the Chief of the O’Flanagans (Hugh III) whose main residence was at Aghamore on the shore of Carrick Lough, received a grant of land at Glack in Boho. Some of the ruling sept of the O’Flanagans eventually settled in Austria.[3]
Giants Double Court Tomb
In 1938 a "double court tomb" (H09814358) was excavated in the townland of Aghanaglack by Prof. Oliver Davies (4000–2000 BC).[4][5] The tomb is in a clearing in Ballintempo Forest at an altitude of 728.3 ft (222.0 m) (Grid ref: H097 435).[6] The twin galleries of the tomb are aligned east-west, one of which has a length of 13 feet, terminating in a six-foot tall stone and the other about three feet ending in the bedrock.[7] The site was thought to have been disturbed by previous excavations; some of the stones used for building; the actual cairn being used as a pigsty.
The tomb was found to contain Bronze Age and Stone Age items, pots, arrowheads and the remains of two children some of which can be found on display at the Enniskillen museum.[8][9]
Mediæval High Cross Shaft
Tere stands in the parish a mediæval cross shaft (H10834351) approximately 9 feet tall and which includes the intact mortice for the cross head. This is a Scheduled Historic Monument.[10]
Aghnaglack Cave
- Main article: Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills
This cave is a provisional Area of Special Scientific Interest and Scheduled Historic Monument because of its use as a Souterrain (H10854357).[10]
Stone circle with cupmark and cashel
A Scheduled Ancient Monument (FER210-038), this site overlooks Mullylusty at the head of the Lurgan river (H11134361).[10]
Mass Rock
This Mass Rock is located in the sub-townland of Carrickanalter.[11]
References
- ↑ Aghanaglack - Placenames NI
- ↑ Dinneen, P. S. (1917). Me Guidhir Fhearmanach, the Maguires of Fermanagh .i. Maghnus agus Giolla Iosa, "dhá mhac Dhuinn Mhoir mic Raghnaill". M.H. Gill. http://www03.us.archive.org/stream/meguidhirfhearma00dinn/meguidhirfhearma00dinn_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ↑ Parke, William K. (1994). "Extracts from the Diary of Reverend John Nixon". Clogher Record 15 (1): 25–30. doi:10.2307/27699373.
- ↑ Davies, O. (1939). "Excavation of a horned cairn at Aghanaglack, Co. Fermanagh". Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland) 69: 21–38.
- ↑ Davies, Oliver; Darvill, T. C. (1980). "Court Cairns". Man. New Series 15 (2): 375–377.
- ↑ "Peatlands". Northern Ireland Environment Agency. http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/places/index.htm.
- ↑ "Aghanaglack Dual Court Tomb". GoIreland. Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20080709085404/http://www.goireland.com/fermanagh/aghanaglack-dual-court-tomb-attraction-tombs-id14889.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ "Aghnaglack: Court Tomb". Megalithomania. http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1467/Aghnaglack.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ "Aghanaglack Dual Court Tomb". Irish Antiquities. http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/fermanagh/aghnaglack/aghnaglack.html. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Scheduled Historic Monuments, 1 April 2019: Historic Environment Division, DoCNI
- ↑ Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Edel Bannon. ed. Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. pp. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9.
