What is recorded here
Fox Cave in Sheehinny, County Fermanagh, holds an urn burial inside rock that may have watched several centuries of rain and shadow. The official record leaves the date uncertain, but the chamber is certain: a cave deep enough to hide a vessel, quiet enough to keep one. Perhaps a family chose that darkness because it felt like continuation rather than loss. They placed what remained of someone they loved beside the living stone, then walked home through ordinary weather.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAVE with URN BURIAL: FOX CAVE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Fox Cave is a small limestone cave located in Sheehinny, with an urn burial indicating Neolithic or Bronze Age human activity. The cave's archaeological significance is primarily due to the discovery of the burial, though its geological formation is typical of karst landscapes in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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