Site Details
Site code
000580
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Offaly
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.3278
Longitude: -7.95278
Longitude: -7.95278
Features of Interest
Active raised bogs [7110]
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration [7120]
Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion [7150]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000580.pdf [2.40 MB]
Download Natura2000 form
NF000580.pdf [95 KB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000580.pdf [135 KB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Raised Bog Monitoring Project 2011 Volume 1: Main Report [1.35 MB] |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Author: | Fernandez, F., Crowley, W., Wilson, S. |
| Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
| Title: | An Inventory of Mollusca in potential SAC sites [16.60 MB] |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Author: | Moorkens, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Mongan Bog SAC [2.27 MB] |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Conservation Plan |
| Title: | Assessment of impacts of turf cutting on designated raised bogs [7.07 MB] |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Author: | Fernandez Valverde, F.; MacGowan, F.; Farrell, M.; Crowley, W.; Croal, Y.; Fanning, M.; McKee, A-M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Revisions to the lists of areas of scientific interest in County Offaly [178 KB] |
| Year: | 1983 |
| Author: | Ni Lamhna, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Raised Bog Monitoring and Assessment Survey 2013, Site Report [2.52 MB] |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Mongan Bog SAC (000580) Conservation objectives supporting document - Raised Bog habitats [Version 1] [1.22 MB] |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |