Cavanburren jointly wins woodlands award

Published: Wed 22 Oct 2014, 5:02 PM

Last updated: Wed 22 Oct 2014, 5:45 PM

Coillte, Cavan County Council, and Killinagh Community Council were today joint recipients of the RDS Community Woodlands Award for Cavan Burren Park, opened earlier this summer by then Minister, now EU Commissioner Phil Hogan.

Ireland’s prehistoric park – Cavan Burren - covers an area of 124ha of forest, featuring historical monuments, megalithic tombs (some older then the pyramids), hut sites, prehistoric rock art and echoes of a 350 million year old dead sea. Accessible by 4.5km of newly created walking trails, Cavan Burren Park is part of, and a gateway to, the wider UNESCO designated ‘Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark’, a cross border area within Cavan and Fermanagh, internationally recognised as having exceptional geological heritage including the finest underground caves in Ireland or the UK.

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