# Marble Arch Caves

- **Depth:** 94 m
- **Access:** Show cave; accessible beyond with permission from Marble Arch Caves centre
- **Length:** 11.5 km
- **Location:** near Florencecourt
- **Discovery:** 1895
- **Photo Alt:** Gour pool, or rimstone, calcite formations.
- **Other Name:** Uaimheanna an hÁirse Marmair
- **Photo Caption:** "The Castle" gour pool formations in the Marble Arch Caves show cave

The Marble Arch Cave system is chiefly formed from three rivers which drain off the Marlbank area on the north side of Cuilcagh mountain. From west to east, these tributaries are the Sruh Croppa, the Aghinrawn (or Monastir) and the Owenbrean.

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**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Arch_Caves (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)