Aghatirourke (FNR)

Map reference: H161315, 9 mls S.W. of Enniskillen
Hectares: 695
Limestone geomorphological features, bog, archaeological site.
Access on foot from Florence Court Forest Park or public car park at Gortalughany.
Spring and summer.

The area lies on upper mountain limestone of the Lower Carboniferous series. Solution features are common with a swallow holes, gullies and small areas of limestone pavement. In the sheltered gullies scrub woodland occurs with ash, hazel and rowan being predominant but also including some oak, yew and juniper. Dense rank heather covers most of the intervening land.

The archaeological site at Myalla consists of the remains of a number of stone circles and a double chambered cairn (1800 BC) and a cashel dating from 0-1500 AD.

The upper part of the area extending SW to the summit of Cuilcagh (684m) is largely blanket bog with a typical western flora culminating in steeper slopes below the summit.

Aghatirourke Forest Nature Reserve is now included in the Marble Arch Caves European Geopark under a joint management agreement between Fermanagh District Council, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the Forest Service.