Site Details
Site code
000216
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Counties
Galway
Offaly
Roscommon
Tipperary
Westmeath
Offaly
Roscommon
Tipperary
Westmeath
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.2492
Longitude: -8.00139
Longitude: -8.00139
Features of Interest
Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) [6410]
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) [6510]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) [91E0]
Lutra lutra (Otter) [1355]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000216.pdf [137 KB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000216.pdf [122 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000216.pdf [148 KB]
Related Publications
| Title: | A Preliminary Study of the Upper Shannon Floodplain [40.02 MB] |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Author: | Browne Dunne Roche |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Semi natural grassland survey of counties Roscommon and Offaly [3.13 MB] |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Author: | Martin, J.R.; Gabbett, M.; Perrin, P.M.; Delaney, A.M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |