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Lettered Cave is a post-medieval rock shelter in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, distinguished by carved inscriptions upon its walls. The cave's letterings represent a form of historical record-keeping and personal marking characteristic of the early modern period, when such caves served as refuges or waypoints for travellers and inhabitants of the region. The physical evidence of human inscription provides insight into the uses of natural cave systems during the post-medieval era in Ulster. The site is recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under reference HED NI NISMR MonID 9692.
Lettered cave. cave with rock scribings is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9692. View the official record →
Lettered Cave is a post-medieval rock shelter in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, distinguished by carved inscriptions upon its walls. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9692.
Lettered cave. cave with rock scribings dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a cave. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lettered cave. cave with rock scribings is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 9692.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (7.1 km), Rath (7.1 km), Cave adapted for use as souterrain (7.2 km).
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