Site Details
Site code
000859
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Laois
Offaly
Offaly
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.1609
Longitude: -7.60776
Longitude: -7.60776
Qualifying Interests
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) [7220]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Vertigo geyeri (Geyer's Whorl Snail) [1013]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000859.pdf [2.5 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000859.pdf [262 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/162/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000859.pdf [5.4 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Monitoring and Condition Assessment of Populations of Vertigo geyeri, Vertigo angustior and Vertigo moulinsiana in Ireland [3.3 MB] |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Author: | Moorkens, E.A.; Killeen, I.J |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | An Inventory of Mollusca in potential SAC sites [16.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Author: | Moorkens, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Laois [2.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Author: | Farrell, L. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |