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Geography of our localityGeography of our locality

Limestone PavementLimestone Pavement

Over the millenia Over the millenia rainwater has acted rainwater has acted on the limestone of on the limestone of the Burren region, the Burren region, dissolving it and dissolving it and creating all the creating all the hollows, cracks and hollows, cracks and strange shapes that strange shapes that we see today. we see today.

It is the action of It is the action of water and its water and its movement through movement through the rocks that created the rocks that created the Burren.the Burren.

Clints & GrikesClints & Grikes

At certain ‘weak’ lines in the limestone the acidic rainwater dissolves small cracks in the rocks and over time wears these away until they form larger cracks in long lines. These are called ‘clints’ and ‘grikes’.

Aillwee CavesAillwee Caves

Aillwee Cave is a dried up river cave system

It was discovered in the early 1930’s by a dog chasing rabbits.

Today it is a very popular tourist attraction in Co.Clare.

Lough BunnyLough Bunny

This is the shores This is the shores of Lough Bunny, a of Lough Bunny, a local lake.local lake.

The children often The children often go swimming here go swimming here in summer time.in summer time.

Lough Bunny is Lough Bunny is unusual because unusual because we do not have we do not have many lakes in our many lakes in our locality.locality.

TurloughTurlough

A feature very A feature very common in our common in our locality is a locality is a turlough.turlough.

A turlough is a A turlough is a disappearing lake.disappearing lake.

It disappears in It disappears in Summer and Summer and reappears in the reappears in the winter months.winter months.

Swallow HoleSwallow Hole

This is a swallow This is a swallow hole.hole.

It is where the It is where the water disappears water disappears underground and underground and flows flows underground to underground to reappear at a reappear at a later stage.later stage.

KarrenKarren

The action of the rainwater on the surface of the limestone creates Karren – small solutional features like hollows and channels.

ErraticErratic

This is an erratic.This is an erratic. It is a different type It is a different type

of rock to our of rock to our limestone.limestone.

It is called granite.It is called granite. It was dropped by It was dropped by

the ice when the ice the ice when the ice started to melt.started to melt.

It came from another It came from another part of the country.part of the country.

FossilsFossils

Limestone is a rock Limestone is a rock that was formed that was formed under the sea under the sea millions of years ago.millions of years ago.

It was made by the It was made by the remains of sea remains of sea creatures, which creatures, which died and fell to the died and fell to the bottom of the sea.bottom of the sea.

Today we can see Today we can see these creatures as these creatures as fossils in our stone.fossils in our stone.

Cliffs of MoherCliffs of Moher

The Cliffs of Moher The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions. top Visitor attractions.

The Cliffs of Moher The Cliffs of Moher stretch for 8km & rise stretch for 8km & rise up to 214 metres up to 214 metres above the Atlantic above the Atlantic Ocean on the western Ocean on the western seaboard of County seaboard of County Clare.Clare.

The Cliffs of Moher The Cliffs of Moher are home to one of are home to one of the major colonies of the major colonies of cliff nesting seabirds cliff nesting seabirds in Ireland. in Ireland.