Site Details
Site code
000453
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Louth
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.0587
Longitude: -6.27125
Longitude: -6.27125
Qualifying Interests
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix [4010]
European dry heaths [4030]
Alpine and Boreal heaths [4060]
Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe) [6230]
Blanket bogs (* if active bog) [7130]
Transition mires and quaking bogs [7140]
Alkaline fens [7230]
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) [8110]
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8210]
Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation [8220]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000453.pdf [7.4 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000453.pdf [237 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/163/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000453.pdf [11.8 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | A Preliminary Report on Areas of Scientific Interest in County Louth [3.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Author: | Fahy, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Carlingford Mountain SAC, Upland Survey Report [14.6 MB] |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Author: | Roche, J.R.; Perrin, P.M.; Barron, S.J.; Daly, O.H. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Carlingford Mountain SAC (000453) Conservation objectives supporting document - upland habitats [Version 1] [2.7 MB] |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |