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How were the Marble Arch caves formed?
Fermanagh's Marble Arch Caves show dissolving power of rain water droplets, slowly eroding rock below and creating caverns. Walls of cave are made of limestone, telling a tale of warmer climates, fossilised coral and sea sponges because NI was once submerged in a tropical ocean.
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