| Site Type: | Sinkhole | | Site Status: | local interest | | Council area: | Fermanagh & Omagh District Council | | Grid Reference: | H11744557 | | Bing maps: | 54.35851,-7.82001 | | Google maps: | 54.35851,-7.82001 | | Rocks |
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| Rock Age: | Quaternary, Carboniferous (Holocene, Visean) | | Rock Name: | Carn Limestone Member | | Rock Type: | Limestone | | Interest |
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| Other interest: | sinkhole |
| Summary of site: |
| Pollbeg is a choked sink hole in the Carn Limestone Member of the Dartry Limestone. In wet weather it cannot take the full flow of water and temporarily floods the immediate area. | | The principal site account for Reyfad and Carrickbeg (see site record ‘Belmore, Ballintempo & Tullybrack Uplands; Reyfad-Carrickbeg’) shows how it relates to the cave system. |
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