Aghanaglack
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Aghanaglack or Aghnaglack , is a townland situated in Boho, County Fermanagh
, Northern Ireland
.
In 1938 a cairn
was excavated in the townland of Aghanaglack, Boho ("Glack") by Prof. Oliver Davies which proved to be a "double court tomb
" which dates from 4000–2000 BC. The tomb is located at an altitude of 222 m (728.3 ft) (Grid ref: H097 435) in a clearing in a local plantation (formerly a bog) known as Ballintempo Forest. This site has easy access and provides good views on of the surrounding countryside. The tomb consists of twin galleries aligned east-west, one of which has a length of 4 metres, terminating in a 2-metre-tall stone and the other about 1 metre ending in the bedrock. 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.
Other features of interest in the area include Aghnaglack Cave, the shaft of a medieval High Cross and the mass rock in the sub-townland of Carrickanalter.
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.
County Fermanagh
Fermanagh District Council is the only one of the 26 district councils in Northern Ireland that contains all of the county it is named after. The district council also contains a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas....
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
In 1938 a cairn
Cairn
Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas...
was excavated in the townland of Aghanaglack, Boho ("Glack") by Prof. Oliver Davies which proved to be a "double court tomb
Court cairn
The court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chamber tomb and gallery grave, specifically a variant of the chambered cairn, found in western and northern Ireland, and in mostly southwest Scotland...
" which dates from 4000–2000 BC. The tomb is located at an altitude of 222 m (728.3 ft) (Grid ref: H097 435) in a clearing in a local plantation (formerly a bog) known as Ballintempo Forest. This site has easy access and provides good views on of the surrounding countryside. The tomb consists of twin galleries aligned east-west, one of which has a length of 4 metres, terminating in a 2-metre-tall stone and the other about 1 metre ending in the bedrock. The tomb was found to contain Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
and Stone Age
Stone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
items, pots, arrowheads and the remains of two children some of which can be found on display at the Enniskillen
Enniskillen
Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census...
museum.
Other features of interest in the area include Aghnaglack Cave, the shaft of a medieval High Cross and the mass rock in the sub-townland of Carrickanalter.
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
Aghamore
Aghamore is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland, located on the main N4 national primary road between Dublin and Sligo.-See also:*List of towns and villages in Ireland...
on the shore of Carrick Lough, received a grant of land at Glack in Boho. Some of the ruling sept
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...
of the O’Flanagans eventually settled in Austria.