Geology
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Geology
The wet lowland of water-logged limestone known as the Hog of Alien stretches westward from New-bridge to beyond the Shannon. The bogs on it are a vast extent, though not continuous, and record the milder and damper climate that succeeded the dry epoch at the close of glacial times. The south-easterly trend of [...]
Geology The wet lowland of water-logged limestone known as the Hog of Alien stretches westward from New-bridge to beyond the Shannon. The bogs on it are a vast extent, though not continuous, and record the milder and damper climate that succeeded the dry epoch at the close of glacial times. The south-easterly trend of the depressions in which the numerous bogs of Longford and Westmeath have accumulated indicates a series of grooves determined by the ice-movement during the maximum glaciation. The ... Read More
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