This series of caches are placed along the Eglish Heritage Trail and are designed to highlight the history of the area and the wonderful work of the Eglish Historical Society who are responsible for the historical information included below.
31 Battle of Benburb site: On 5th June, 1646 the Battle of Benburb was fought in the surrounding area between Scottish forces under General Robert Munro and a native force under General Eoghan Ruadh 0’Neill. The Scottish army was almost completed annihilated. The cache is located close to Battleford Bridge. The battle site is a few kilometres east of the bridge, downstream.
The cache is a 50mm cylinder and parking is along side.
Na nrevny ivrj jbhyq or whfg terng urer.