Site Details
Site code
000252
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Galway
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.087
Longitude: -8.85186
Longitude: -8.85186
Qualifying Interests
Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation [3150]
Turloughs [3180]
Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation [3270]
Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands [5130]
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]
Limestone pavements [8240]
Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles [91J0]
Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser Horseshoe Bat) [1303]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000252.pdf [10.7 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000252.pdf [257 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/470/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000252.pdf [29.3 MB]
Related Publications
![Cover image](/sites/all/themes/dahg/images/generic-cover.jpg)
Title: | The conservation status of juniper formations in Ireland [7.1 MB] |
Year: | 2012 |
Author: | Cooper, F., Stone, R.E., McEvoy, P., Wilkins, T., Reid, N. |
Series: | Irish Wildlife Manual |
![Cover image](/sites/default/files/publications/coverimage/Generic_Unpublished_Report.jpg)
Title: | Turloughs over 10ha. - Vegetation survey and evaluation [9.6 MB] |
Year: | 1992 |
Author: | Goodwillie, R. |
Series: | Unpublished Report |
![Cover image](/sites/all/themes/dahg/images/generic-cover.jpg)
Title: | Coole-Garryland Complex SAC (000252) Conservation objectives supporting document – Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) [Version 2] [896 KB] |
Year: | 2024 |
Author: | NPWS |
Series: | Conservation Plan |