Moylehid

Moylehid (from Irish: Mulleithid/Maol Leathan meaning "broad bare hill") is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Boho.^[1]

History

Moylehid provides archeological proof of neolithic 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[1]

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)^[1]

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.^[1][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Boho Heritage Organisation (2009). Edel Bannon, Louise Mclaughlin, Cecilia Flanagan. ed. Boho Heritage: A treasure trove of history and lore. Nicholson & Bass Ltd, Mallusk, Northern Ireland. pp. 246. ISBN 978-0-9560607-0-9. 
2. ^ George Coffey (1953). "On a Cairn Excavated by Thomas Plunkett, M.R.I.A., on Belmore Mountain, Co. Fermanagh". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1889-1901) 4, (1896 - 1898): 659–666. JSTOR 20490529. 
3. ^ Blennerhassett, Rev. Canon James (1929). "Clogher clergy and parishes microform: being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher from the earliest period with historical notices of the several parishes churches etc.". Kilsaran Rectory, Castlebellingham. http://www.archive.org/stream/MN5034ucmf_0/MN5034ucmf_0_djvu.txt. 

Coordinates: 54°19′40″N 7°46′28″W / 54.32784°N 7.77446°W / 54.32784; -7.77446