Jul 3, 2008
Botany
The areas of bare limestone which form a characteristic feature of certain tracts, especially in Clare and Galway, harbour one of the most remarkable floras to be found in Ireland. This formation and its accompanying vegetation attain their most striking expression on the hills of the Burren district in northern Clare (Accommodation, Clare, Ireland). [...]
Botany
The areas of bare limestone which form a characteristic feature of certain tracts, especially in Clare and Galway, harbour one of the most remarkable floras to be found in Ireland. This formation and its accompanying vegetation attain their most striking expression on the hills of the Burren district in northern Clare (Accommodation, Clare, Ireland). Here, over miles of hill and valley, nothing but bare grey rock is to be seen, its innumerable joints worn by weather into a criss-cross of deep ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
The Burren district in Clare (Holiday Apartments, Clare, Ireland) is famous for the race of enormous Helix nemoralis that lives in the chinks of its limestone rocks. These resemble the German Pleistocene form H. tonnensis, Sandberger. Other interesting Munster species are: Hyalinia lucida (widespread, except in the west), Zonitoides excavatus (throughout the province, off the [...]
The Burren district in Clare (Holiday Apartments, Clare, Ireland) is famous for the race of enormous Helix nemoralis that lives in the chinks of its limestone rocks. These resemble the German Pleistocene form H. tonnensis, Sandberger. Other interesting Munster species are: Hyalinia lucida (widespread, except in the west), Zonitoides excavatus (throughout the province, off the limestone), Helicella barbara (widespread, both on the coast and inland), Hygromia granulata (locally plentiful), Acanthinula lamellata (in every county), Cacilioidcs acicula (local), Pupa anglica (in every county), ... Read More
Apr 15, 2008
In the northern part of Clare (Self Catering, Clare, Ireland) the magnificent terraced mountains of the Burren are carved out of horizontally bedded limestone. This rock is also exposed in a band some 12 miles wide running south through and to the east of Ennis and reaching the Shannon. South and west of the [...]
In the northern part of Clare (Self Catering, Clare, Ireland) the magnificent terraced mountains of the Burren are carved out of horizontally bedded limestone. This rock is also exposed in a band some 12 miles wide running south through and to the east of Ennis and reaching the Shannon. South and west of the limestone, area are large exposures of Carboniferous sandstone. Perhaps the most striking of these is to be found in the long range of the cliffs of Moher. ... Read More
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