Moylehid
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Moylehid is a townland in County Fermanagh
, Northern Ireland
. It is in the civil parish of Boho.
settlement in the BohoBoho, County Fermanagh area in the form of the Eagle’s Knoll Cairn passage tomb and Moylehid ring cairn
. Both of these are scheduled monuments and were uncovered by the archeologist Thomas Plunkett in 1894.
In carn is situated on an eastern spur of Belmore Mountain
overlooking the Erne valley, and resembles some natural bosses of cherty limestone, which are overgrown with peat.
The cairn or passage grave is laid out in a cross shaped arrangement, 13 ft long and 7 ft 4 inches wide. The whole assembly is divided by means of partitions into 7 areas.
There were a number of artifacts discovered in these chambers including cremated and uncremated bones, ornamented stone beads,human skulls, animals bones such as birds boars and sea shells, a stone hammer and ornamented urns (which are on display in the National Museum of Ireland
which is in Dublin)
Moylehid is also the location of Templemullen chapel of ease, also known as the Church of the Mill which was the property of the Lisgoole Abbey
.
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...
. It is in the civil parish of Boho.
History
Moylehid provides archeological proof of neolithicNeolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
settlement in the BohoBoho, County Fermanagh area in the form of the Eagle’s Knoll Cairn passage tomb and Moylehid ring 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...
. Both of these are scheduled monuments and were uncovered by the archeologist Thomas Plunkett in 1894.
In carn is situated on an eastern spur of Belmore Mountain
Belmore Mountain
Belmore Mountain is a hill in the townland of Gortgall, western County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. With a summit roughly above sea level, it is the second highest point in Fermanagh, the highest being at Cuilcagh on the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border in the south of the...
overlooking the Erne valley, and resembles some natural bosses of cherty limestone, which are overgrown with peat.
The cairn or passage grave is laid out in a cross shaped arrangement, 13 ft long and 7 ft 4 inches wide. The whole assembly is divided by means of partitions into 7 areas.
There were a number of artifacts discovered in these chambers including cremated and uncremated bones, ornamented stone beads,human skulls, animals bones such as birds boars and sea shells, a stone hammer and ornamented urns (which are on display in the National Museum of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland
The National Museum of Ireland is the national museum in Ireland. It has three branches in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history.-Archaeology:...
which is in Dublin)
Moylehid is also the location of Templemullen chapel of ease, also known as the Church of the Mill which was the property of the Lisgoole Abbey
Lisgoole Abbey
Lisgoole Abbey , or the Abbey Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Mary, was formerly located on the southern banks of upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh....
.