Aghanaglack | |
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| Coordinates:54°20′13″N7°50′24″W / 54.337°N 7.840°W /54.337; -7.840 |
Aghanaglack orAghnaglack (from Irish Achadh na Glaice 'field of the hollow'[1]), is a townland inCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland. It is situated in thecivil parish ofBoho, as well asFermanagh and Omagh district.
Aghanaglack derives from theIrishachadh na glaice, meaning "field of the hollow".[1] Alternative spellings of this name recorded over the centuries include: Aghneglack (1609)Aghonaglacky (1611)Agheneglackie (1624)Aghneglacke (1630)Aghanlaike (1659)Glack, Glac or Glac MhanchachAghonaglackyAghanaglach.[2][3]
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 rulingsept of the O’Flanagans eventually settled in Austria.[4]
In 1938 a "doublecourt tomb" (Grid ref:H0981 4358)was excavated in the townland of Aghanaglack by Prof. Oliver Davies (4000–2000 BC).[5][6] The tomb is in a clearing in Ballintempo Forest at an altitude of 222 m (728 ft) (Grid ref: H097 435).[7] The twin galleries of the tomb are 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.[8] 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.[9] The tomb was found to containBronze Age andStone Age items, pots, arrowheads and the remains of two children some of which can be found on display at theEnniskillen museum.[10][11]
The medieval cross shaft (Grid ref: H1083 4351) is approximately 9 ft tall and includes the intact mortice for the cross head. This is a Scheduled Historic Monument.[12][13]
This cave is a provisional Area of Special Scientific Interest and Scheduled Historic Monument because of its use as aSouterrain (grid ref: H1085 4357).[13]
A Scheduled Ancient Monument (FER210-038), this site overlooks Mullylusty at the head of the Lurgan river (grid ref: H1113 4361).[13]
This Mass Rock is located in the sub-townland of Carrickanalter.[14]