Site Details
Site code
000453
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Louth
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.0592
Longitude: -6.26389
Longitude: -6.26389
Features of Interest
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix [4010]
European dry heaths [4030]
Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]
Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe) [6230]
Transition mires and quaking bogs [7140]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) [8110]
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8210]
Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8220]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000453.pdf [135 KB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000453.pdf [72 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000453.pdf [133 KB]
Related Publications
| Title: | A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Louth [3.70 MB] |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Author: | Fahy, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Carlingford Mountain SAC, Upland Survey Report [14.57 MB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | Roche, J.R.; Perrin, P.M.; Barron, S.J.; Daly, O.H. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |