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Reyfad is a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies in the land division of Old Barr, in the civil parish of Boho. The townland has previously been called Rayfadd - 1659, Raffada (Magheryboy)- 1672 and Ráith Fada "long fort" - 1833. This high plateau is known for its extensive cave system (see Caves of the Tullybrack and Belmore hills) and Neolithic stones.The summit of a nearby hill is known as Tullybrack or Reyfad Mountain (398m) but it is in fact situated in the townland of Aghamore, County Fermanagh, also within the Boho area.HistoryNearby to Tullybrack summit lies Two Dogs, which was the site of an ancient clan battle, as recorded in the Annals of the Four Masters: A great number of the men of Breifny were disabled and slain by Muinter-Feodachain, on the hill of Odhra, in Sliabh-da-Chon. They lost no less than forty men, together with Conor, the son of Donnell Mac Sweeny, who had gone on that incursion through folly and youth. Some of the men of Dartry, and others of the people of the Clann-Hugh Maguire, were slain there.Reyfad StonesThe Reyfad Stones are located behind the Sacred Heart Church in Boho . These are designated as a scheduled monument by the Environment and Heritage service at the Department of the Environment. There are six stones on the side of a hill, five of which have curvilinear cup and ring markings which date from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, about 5000 years ago. The largest stone measures over 3x and has megalithic inscriptions all across its surface; this pattern is inscribed deeper on the smaller stones. Similar megalithic art found at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth is dated circa 3200 BC.