Clogherbog

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Clogherbog
TOWNLAND
Fermanagh
Location
Location: 54°21’42"N, 6°6’44"W
Grid reference: H057459
Data
Postcode: BT31

Clogherbog is a townland in Fermanagh, and part of the civil parish of Boho. It contains five sub-townlands: Carrickrory, Lough Nacloyduff, Loughanquin, Loughnamanfin and Tullylaur.[1]

The area is notable for the discovered remnants of ancient civilisations, including an Iron Age wooden cauldron[2] and the lettered cave at Lough Nacloyduff (the lake of the dark caverns), which contains primitive inscriptions.[1] The origins of this cave have been speculated on since a visit by William Wakeman in 1850.[3][4]

Other features include the Mass rock which is inscribed with the date of 1777 and the Lake of the Fair Woman (Loch na mban fionn) which is the subject of an old tale.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 
  2. Lanigan Wood, H. (2003). Prehistory of Fermanagh: stone-age hunters to saints and scholars. Enniskillen: Fermanagh District Council. ISBN 0-9540727-1-5. 
  3. Wakeman, William F. (1870). Lough Erne, Enniskillen, Belleek, Ballyshannon, and Bundoran: with Routes from Dublin to Enniskillen and Bundoran, by Rail or Steamboat. Dublin: Mullany, John. p. 125. https://archive.org/stream/lougherneennisk00wakegoog#page/n139/mode/1up. Retrieved 12 December 2011. 
  4. Wakeman, William Francis (1869). "On the inscribed cavern at Lough Nacloyduff, Parish of Bohoe, Co. Fermanagh. With 1 plate". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 1 X: 327–329.