BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN — Ward Boundary Map

Daniel Kirkpatrick

BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN Heritage Profile

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Daniel Kirkpatrick

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By | Compiled 2026-05-05 | N08000605
202 historic sites 26 scheduled monuments 28 listed buildings 8 archaeological periods

BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN covers 410.8 km² in Northern Ireland. With 202 historic sites and 26 scheduled monuments on record, the ward sits at the 96th percentile across all 462 NI wards for combined archaeological heritage. It also records 28 listed buildings (HED Historic Buildings Record), the 59th percentile for listed-building density across NI wards. Per 1,000 residents, this works out at 74.3 recorded sites — the 96th percentile across NI wards (a measure of heritage density relative to current population). Dated archaeological evidence runs from the Mesolithic through to the Modern period, spanning 8 archaeological periods, placing the ward in the 90th percentile NI-wide for chronological depth.

Detailed boundary map of BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN ward, Fermanagh and Omagh
BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN boundary detail
Regional context map showing BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN ward within Fermanagh and Omagh
BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN in regional context

Heritage at a glance

Percentile rankings throughout this profile compare each ward only against the other 461 Northern Ireland wards.

202
Historic sites
97th percentile
26
Scheduled monuments
98th percentile
28
Listed buildings
59th percentile
0.62
Sites per km²

Population context

8
Persons per km²
4th percentile
74.3
Sites per 1,000 residents
96th percentile
3,444
Total residents (2021)

The recorded heritage of BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN

Of the 202 historic sites recorded, the most common are Rath (34, 17% of historic sites), Burnt Mound (26), and Tree Ring (15). For Raths, this is placing the ward in the top 3% nationally for this type. For Burnt Mounds, this is the 47th percentile among NI wards that record this type. Across the ward's 410.8 km², this gives a recorded density of 0.62 sites per km² (all heritage types combined). Scheduled monuments are distributed across approximately 0.08° of latitude and 0.21° of longitude within the ward, indicating dispersed rather than clustered placement.

Most common monument types

TypeCountDescription
Rath 34 —
Burnt Mound 26 —
Tree Ring 15 —

Chronological distribution

Mesolithic
37
Neolithic
1
Middle Late Bronze Age
9
Iron Age
13
Early Medieval
82
Medieval
2
Post Medieval
7
Modern
17
Unknown
34

Note: 17% of historic site records carry an ‘Unknown’ period attribution. The chronological breakdown above reflects only the dated subset.

Terrain and environment

With a mean elevation of 132m, this ward sits above the NI median (84th percentile), but the ward reaches 396m at its highest point — a vertical span of more than 263m within its boundary, indicating significant topographic diversity. The terrain is consistently steep, with a mean slope of 6.5° (92th percentile across NI). The ward is well-drained, with a Topographic Wetness Index of 9.6 (10th NI percentile) — characteristic of upland or steeply-sloping ground that sheds water rapidly. The land cover is dominated by improved grassland (71%) and woodland (27%). In overall character, this is an upland landscape of steep, elevated terrain, with land use dominated by improved grassland.

Terrain measurements

Mean elevation132.1 m 85th pct
Max elevation396.4 m 91st pct
Mean slope6.5° 92nd pct
Wetness index (TWI)9.62 10th pct
Grassland71.2% 66th pct
Woodland27.1% 74th pct

Where this ward sits in NI

Elevation
85th
Slope
92nd
Drainage
10th
Grassland
66th
Woodland
74th

Geology and preservation

The dominant bedrock formed during the Palaeozoic era (Carboniferous period). Ancient sedimentary or metamorphic rock dating to before the age of dinosaurs; the resulting landscape has been long-stable enough to host every period of human activity. Bedrock composition is varied (complexity index 0.80, on a 0-1 Simpson-style scale), with multiple geological units within the ward boundary. Geologically diverse wards historically offered a wider range of stone types for building, toolmaking, and quarrying — a relevant factor when interpreting the material culture of nearby sites.

Bedrock eraPalaeozoic
Bedrock periodCarboniferous
Peat coverage0.0%
Bedrock complexity0.80

Placename evidence

The combined OSNI, Logainm NI, and GeoNames sources record 247 placenames for this ward. Diagnostic heritage strata identified within these are: 5 pre-Christian defensive (rath-, dún-, lios-, caiseal-) and 25 ecclesiastical (cill-, teampall-, mainistir-, díseart-). Note: Irish-language (name_ga) forms are recorded for roughly half of NI placenames in the combined sources, so anglicised forms whose Irish original could belong to multiple categories may be misclassified.

Placename categories

Ecclesiastical (kil-, temple-, monaster-)25 names
Pre-Christian Defensive (rath-, dun-, lis-)5 names

Scheduled monuments in BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN

Scheduled monuments are sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, designated by the Historic Environment Division (HED).

MonumentTypePeriod
Decorated StonesDecorated StonesUnknown
Cross shaft and base: Boho CrossCross Shaft And Base: Boho CrossUnknown
RathRathEarly Medieval
Platform RathPlatform RathEarly Medieval
Ring CairnRing CairnEarly Bronze Age
Platform rathPlatform RathEarly Medieval
Church, graveyard and enclosureChurch, Graveyard And EnclosureIron Age
CashelCashelEarly Medieval

Recorded historic sites

NamePeriodType
A.P. SITE – ENCLOSUREIron AgeUnknown
A.P. SITE – circular cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – circular cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – circular cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – circular cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – oval cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – oval cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – oval cropmarkUnknownUnknown

Listed buildings in BOHO CLEENISH and LETTERBREEN

Address / NameGradePeriod
257 Mullylusty Road Mullylusty Belcoo Enniskillen Co. Fermanagh BT93 5ALA1820 – 1839
FLORENCECOURT STATION HOUSE DERRYSCOBE LETTERBREEN CO.FERMANAGHB1—
PLATFORM AND GOODS SHED FLORENCECOURT STATION DERRYSCOBE LETTERBREEN Enniskillen CO FERMANAGHB1—
SKEA HALL ARNEY Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB+—
FARMHOUSE AT AUGHRIM BELCOO Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB2—
MULLAGHDUN C OF I PARISH CHURCH CARNAGEE Belcoo Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHRecord Only—
CLEENISH C OF I PARISH CHURCH BELLANALECK Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB—
CLEENISH C OF I RECTORY BELLANALECK Enniskillen CO. FERMANAGHB1—
COTTAGE 73 SWANLINBAR ROAD DERRYGIFF BELLANALECK Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHRecord Only—
GARDENHILL HOUSE GARDENHILL BELCOO Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB1—

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About this profile

What is a ward?

A ward is the smallest electoral and statistical geography used by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The boundaries used here are the 2014 NISRA / OSNI Wards (462 across Northern Ireland), each typically covering 1-700 km² and a population of a few thousand. Wards do not align with parishes, townlands, or any historic administrative unit — they are a modern statistical convenience, used here only as a fixed spatial frame within which to summarise heritage records.

What counts as a site?

Three distinct heritage record types are reported separately, not combined: (1) Historic Sites — entries in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (NISMR), the inventory of recorded archaeological sites and findspots, dated from prehistoric to early-modern; (2) Scheduled Monuments — sites legally protected under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 and maintained by the Historic Environment Division (HED); (3) Listed Buildings — buildings of architectural or historic interest protected under the Planning Act (NI) 2011 and graded A, B+, B1, B2, or Record-Only by HED. A site appearing in more than one register is counted in each register independently.

Editorial principles

These ward profiles describe evidence, not history. They report what is recorded, not what occurred. Where the data is ambiguous, we say so. We do not infer historical processes — population movements, settlement expansion, periods of decline — from patterns in the record. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: in Northern Ireland, where antiquarian survey was uneven and modern excavation is geographically biased, a gap in the record almost always reflects the limits of recording rather than a genuine historical absence. We mark such gaps explicitly where they appear in the data.

Limits of coverage and known caveats

Several caveats apply to every ward profile: (1) NISMR coverage is uneven across NI — some areas (notably parts of the south-east and the Belfast urban fringe) have been more intensively surveyed than others, so a low recorded site count does not reliably indicate a low past density of activity; (2) period attributions in NISMR are often 'Unknown', and chronological breakdowns reported here reflect only the dated subset; (3) placename classification depends on the Irish-language form (name_ga), which is recorded for approximately 50% of NI placenames in the combined sources, so ecclesiastical and pre-Christian counts may be understated where anglicised forms remain unparsed; (4) terrain percentile ranks compare each ward only to the other 461 NI wards; they are not absolute thresholds. For absence-dominant land cover categories (wetland, water, cropland), percentile ranks are suppressed below 1% raw value, since the ranking of zero-value wards is not meaningful.

Data sources (11)
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