Site Details
Site code
000572
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Offaly
Coordinates
Latitude: 53.3205
Longitude: -7.62774
Longitude: -7.62774
Qualifying Interests
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]
Active raised bogs [7110]
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration [7120]
Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion [7150]
Bog woodland [91D0]
Site Documents
Download Conservation Objectives
CO000572.pdf [7.6 MB]
Download Site Synopsis
SY000572.pdf [132 KB]
Statutory Instrument
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/si/474/made/en/pdf
Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)
MAP000572.pdf [16.7 MB]
Related Publications
| Title: | Preliminary Report on the Hydrochemistry of Clara and Raheenmore Raised Bogs [1.5 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Henderson, Richard |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | An Inventory of Mollusca in potential SAC sites [16.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Author: | Moorkens, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The thermal regime of hummock-hollow complexes on Clara Bog, Co. Offaly [497 KB] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Author: | van der Molen, P.C.; Wijmstra, T.A. |
| Series: | Published |
| Title: | The quaternary ecology of Clara Bog & Raheenmore [14.1 MB] |
| Author: | van Tatenhove, F.; van der Meer, J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Assessment of impacts of turf cutting on designated raised bogs [7.1 MB] |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Author: | Fernandez Valverde, F.; MacGowan, F.; Farrell, M.; Crowley, W.; Croal, Y.; Fanning, M.; McKee, A-M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrological effects of various methods to conserve Clara Bog [11.5 MB] |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Author: | Engelsman, F.E.; Oosterhof, A.T. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Drain blocking by machines on Raised Bogs [3.1 MB] |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Author: | Mc Donagh, E. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | General proposals for technical measures for the conservation and restoration o [490 KB] |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Author: | Schouten, M.G.C.; Streefkerk, J.G.; Zandstra, R.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The construction of a centralised database for the Irish-Dutch Pealtand Geohydr [562 KB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | Flynn, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrology, hydrochemistry and vegetation of two raised bogs in Co. Offaly [9.1 MB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | Kelly, M.L. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | An Additional Study in the Quaternary Geology of Clara Bog, County Offaly [1.2 MB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | Scheffers, M.C.; van der Meer, J.J.M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrology of Clara and Raheenmore Bog. Permeability of Raheenmore Bog Subside [2.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | ten Dam, H.J.; Spieksma, J.F.M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Regional hydrogeology of Clara Bog: an Irish raised bog [5.3 MB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | van den Boogaard, M.J.G. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Acrotelm survey of Clara Bog [5.5 MB] |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Author: | van der Cruijsen, J.H.G.; Grent, A.; van Wolfswinkel, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A hydrological study of the lagg zone of Clara Bog County Offaly, Ireland [5.2 MB] |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Author: | Blackwell, I. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Drainage and Subsidence in a Raised Bog [2.4 MB] |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Author: | Samuels, H. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrology of Clara and Raheenmore Bogs. Consolidation, evapotranspiration, sto [9.2 MB] |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Author: | Sijtsma, B.R.; Veldhuizen, A.A. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Geophysical mapping techniques to investigate the geological structure of two r [2.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Author: | Smyth, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Resistivity Vertical Electric Sounding survey on Clara Bog, Co. Offaly: Complim [2.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Author: | Smyth, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A Study of the Hydrological Effects of a Bog Road, Clara Bog, Co. Offaly [8.5 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Bell, J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The hydrogeology of Clara and Raheenmore Raised Bogs, Co. Offaly - Preliminary [4.9 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Henderson, R |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrological Field Work on Clara and Raheenmore Bogs [3.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Huisman, D.F.M.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A proposed bibliographic database for the Irish-Dutch Geohydrology and Ecology [2.0 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Keegan, M.; Barton, K.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrology of Clara and Raheenmore Bogs. Catchment definition; acrotelm survey; [1.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Lensen, H.A. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | A preliminary 3-Dimensional space form model of Clara Bog, Co. Offaly [18.6 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | Smyth, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Hydrology of Clara and Raheenmore Bogs. Evapotranspiration, storage coefficien [3.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Author: | van 't Hullenaar, J.W.; ten Kate, J.W. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Report on a geophysical survey at Clara Bog and Raheenmore Bog, Co. Offaly, Ire [3.2 MB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | Farenhorst, A.; Biewinga, D.T. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The hydrogeology of Clara Bog and the surrounding area [4.3 MB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | Flynn, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Clara Bog: A Hydrogeological Study [4.3 MB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | Flynn, R.M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Reconnaissance resistivity mapping at Clara Bog, Co. Offaly using the EM-VLF-R [892 KB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | Madden, D. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Preliminary report on Schumberger resistivity soundings at Clara and Raheenmore [1.5 MB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | Smyth, M.; Farenhorst, A.; Barton, K.J. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Preliminary studies on the hydrology of Clara Bog and Raheenmore Bog [1.7 MB] |
| Year: | 1990 |
| Author: | van Gerven, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The vegetation of Clara Bog in relation to the hydrology and water chemistry [450 KB] |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Author: | Neefjes, M. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | The hydrology of a hummock-hollow complex on Clara Bog in Ireland in relation t [1.0 MB] |
| Year: | 1989 |
| Author: | Smit, R. |
| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Clara Bog SAC (000572) Conservation objectives supporting document - [Version 1] [1.4 MB] |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Published |