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Moneygal Bog ASSI

Last updated: 5 February 2010

picture of Moneygal Bog ASSI

Site No ASSI 005
Area 121.5 (ha)
Declared Date 4/3/1987
Confirmed Date 21/8/1987
County Tyrone
Council(s): Strabane DC
Keywords Raised Bog

         

        

        

The area is of special scientific interest because it contains one of the finest raised bog pool systems in Northern Ireland, with the pools arranged concentrically around the site of an old bog burst. picture of sphagnum moss hummockParts of the bog surface have well developed hummocks and hollows, including frequent hummocks of Sphagnum imbricatum, Sphagnum fuscum and Racomitrium lanuginosum.

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