Belmore Mountain (from IrishSliabh Bhéal Mór [1], meaning 'big mouth mountain') is a hill in the townland of Gortgall, western County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. With a summit roughly 398 metres (1,306 ft) above sea level,[2] 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 county. The historian John O Donovan (1834) states that the indigenous population called the mountain Bel Mor Muintir Pheodachain .[3]
Geologically dominated by limestone, outcropping of the sedimentary rock 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 Boho. Faulting has produced the Knockmore escarpment on the western flanks of Belmore. Other small villages and hamlets around the foot of Belmore include Letterbreen and Springfield.
Agriculture is limited due to the steep slopes and thin peaty soils on Belmore, however extensive plantations of coniferousforest can be found on the upper plateau.
In 1894, archeologist Thomas Plunkett excavated both the Eagle’s Knoll Cairn passage tomb and Moylehid ring cairn in the townland of Moylehid; one of which is situated on an eastern spur of Belmore Mountain overlooking the Erne valley.[4]
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Referencesedit
Hughes, William (1882), Geologic Notes of Ireland, Dublin: Gill
Kelly, John (1859), "The Carboniferous Rocks of Ireland", The Atlantis (July)
Martin, C. P. (1935), Prehistoric Man in Ireland, London: Macmillan
January 01, 1970
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