Kilnamadoo or Kilnamaddoo () is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

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. It is situated within the

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of the area of Boho, as well as

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district. The Coal Bog road travels through this townland and the adjacent townland of Drumacoorin. This is a traditional peat cutting area and in past times was the main highway between Lough MacNean and

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. The area is particularly notable for the remnants of a

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

settlement found in the coal bog. An impressive

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals (such as phosphorus) or metalloid ...

spearhead was also found in this area and is now on display in the

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Neolithic site

On 25 May 1880, a local person known as Mr Bothwell was cutting his turf when he unearthed the ancient site. He immediately sent for the archæologist Thomas Plunkett, who identified the remains as being a Neolithic settlement, situated on what was once an island or

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in the midst of a body of water. The dimensions of the crannog were long and wide. The settlement contained two oak wood huts, the larger measuring square, and lay buried at least , below the original surface of the bog. The huts themselves were dated at this time to approximately 4000 years old. The modern whereabouts of this settlement are now unknown, but artefacts from the site are retained in the National Museum of Ireland, including the handle of a stone axe.

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Townlands of County Fermanagh Fermanagh and Omagh district {{UK-archaeology-stub

Neolithic site

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