FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY — Ward Boundary Map

Daniel Kirkpatrick

FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY Heritage Profile

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Daniel Kirkpatrick

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By | Compiled 2026-05-15 | N08000621
168 historic sites 36 scheduled monuments 37 listed buildings 9 archaeological periods

FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY covers 478.6 km² in Northern Ireland. With 168 historic sites and 36 scheduled monuments on record, the ward sits at the 95th percentile across all 462 NI wards for combined archaeological heritage. It also records 37 listed buildings (HED Historic Buildings Record), the 67th percentile for listed-building density across NI wards. Per 1,000 residents, this works out at 84.9 recorded sites — the 98th 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 9 archaeological periods, placing the ward in the 98th percentile NI-wide for chronological depth.

Detailed boundary map of FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY ward, Fermanagh and Omagh
FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY boundary detail
Regional context map showing FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY ward within Fermanagh and Omagh
FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY in regional context

Heritage at a glance

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

168
Historic sites
97th percentile
36
Scheduled monuments
99th percentile
37
Listed buildings
67th percentile
0.50
Sites per km²

Population context

6
Persons per km²
2nd percentile
84.9
Sites per 1,000 residents
98th percentile
2,838
Total residents (2021)

The recorded heritage of FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY

Of the 168 historic sites recorded, the most common are Rath (28, 17% of historic sites), Burnt Mound (12), and Platform Rath (10). For Raths, this is placing the ward in the top 5% nationally for this type. For Burnt Mounds, this is the 26th percentile among NI wards that record this type. Across the ward's 478.6 km², this gives a recorded density of 0.50 sites per km² (all heritage types combined). Scheduled monuments are distributed across approximately 0.09° of latitude and 0.24° of longitude within the ward, indicating dispersed rather than clustered placement.

Most common monument types

TypeCountDescription
Rath 28 —
Burnt Mound 12 —
Platform Rath 10 —

Chronological distribution

Mesolithic
40
Neolithic
1
Early Bronze Age
7
Middle Late Bronze Age
8
Iron Age
13
Early Medieval
67
Medieval
2
Post Medieval
7
Modern
2
Unknown
21

Terrain and environment

With a mean elevation of 143m, this ward sits above the NI median (87th percentile), but the ward reaches 662m at its highest point — a vertical span of more than 518m within its boundary, indicating significant topographic diversity. Mean slope is 5.2° (76th percentile across NI), giving moderately undulating terrain. The Topographic Wetness Index of 10.2 (37th NI percentile) indicates moderate drainage, balanced between upland shedding and lowland accumulation. The land cover is dominated by improved grassland (84%) and woodland (12%). In overall character, this is an upland landscape of steep, elevated terrain, with land use dominated by improved grassland.

Terrain measurements

Mean elevation143.1 m 87th pct
Max elevation662.2 m 99th pct
Mean slope5.2° 76th pct
Wetness index (TWI)10.20 37th pct
Grassland83.9% 89th pct
Woodland12.5% 31st pct

Where this ward sits in NI

Elevation
87th
Slope
76th
Drainage
37th
Grassland
89th
Woodland
31st

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 0.72, 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 complexity0.72

Placename evidence

The combined OSNI, Logainm NI, and GeoNames sources record 240 placenames for this ward. Diagnostic heritage strata identified within these are: 6 pre-Christian defensive (rath-, dún-, lios-, caiseal-) and 30 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-)30 names
Pre-Christian Defensive (rath-, dun-, lis-)6 names

Scheduled monuments in FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY

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
Counterscarp RathCounterscarp RathEarly Medieval
Counterscarp RathCounterscarp RathEarly Medieval
CashelCashelEarly Medieval
Souterrain: St Lasser's CellSouterrain: St Lasser'S CellIron Age
CashelCashelEarly Medieval
Platform RathPlatform RathEarly Medieval
RathRathEarly Medieval
CashelCashelEarly Medieval

Recorded historic sites

NamePeriodType
A.P. SITE – CAIRNEarly Bronze AgeRitual/Funerary
A.P. SITE – OVAL ENCLOSUREIron AgeUnknown
A.P. SITE – circular cropmarkUnknownUnknown
A.P. SITE – large enclosureIron AgeUnknown
BATTLE SITE: FORD OF THE BISCUITS, 1594Post-MedievalTransport
BOOLEY HUTUnknownUnknown
BOOLEY HUTS (2) & CURVILINEAR BOUNDARYUnknownCivil
BURNT MOUNDMiddle-Late Bronze AgeAgriculture
BURNT MOUNDMesolithicAgriculture
BURNT MOUNDMiddle-Late Bronze AgeAgriculture

Listed buildings in FLORENCE COURT and KINAWLEY

Address / NameGradePeriod
Arney Bridge Mullanavehy Road Derrychurra/Mullanavehy Tds Co FermanaghB21650 – 1699
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH FLORENCE COURT ENNISKILLEN CO.FERMANAGHRecord Only—
TOWER AND SPIRE OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH FLORENCE COURT ENNISKILLEN CO.FERMANAGHB—
ENTRANCE GATES AND RAILINGS OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH (COFI) FLORENCE COURT Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB1—
FLORENCE COURT FLORENCE COURT DEMESNE Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHA—
WHEATHILL OLD METHODIST CHURCH 104 MARBLE ARCH ROAD FLORENCECOURT Enniskillen CO.FERMANAGHB1—
8 Gortoral Road Glassdrumman Kinawley Co Fermanagh BT92 4DSB11820 – 1839
70 Croaghrim Road Florencecourt Co FermanaghB+1780 – 1799
Martel Cottage 133 Marble Arch Road Killesher Croaghrim Co. Fermanagh BT92 1DYB21820 – 1839
LISDEEVAN HOUSE 116 BLUNNICK ROAD MONEEN WHEATHILL 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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