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Aghahoorin

Aghahoorin in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

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Aghahoorin is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

From the Wikipedia article

Aghahoorin (from Irish Achadh Fhuarain 'field of the spring well') is a townland in the area of Boho, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. As far back as 1659 (Census of Ireland) this townland was known as Agharrin; later on it was known as Achadh Guirthin or Achadh Urthin "field of the suret" (1833). This townland is known for a fort on a hill and the remains of a sandstone quarry which was used to supply headstones for the local graveyards. The townland contains karst features which include the shake hole known as Pollkeeran and a rattle hole known as Murphy's Hole. as well as a Scheduled Historic Monument: a Bivallate rath, grid ref: H1185 4573.

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Coordinates
54.3553, -7.8246

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Where is Aghahoorin?
Aghahoorin is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3553°, -7.8246°.