Bricklieve Mountains and Keishcorran SAC

Site Details

Site code
001656
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Sligo
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.0492
Longitude: -8.3924

Qualifying Interests

Turloughs [3180]

Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) [6210]

Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) [6510]

Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) [8120]

Euphydryas aurinia (Marsh Fritillary) [1065]

Austropotamobius pallipes (White-clawed Crayfish) [1092]

Site Documents

Download Conservation Objectives

CO001656.pdf [10.3 MB]

Download Site Synopsis

SY001656.pdf [145 KB]

Statutory Instrument

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/78/made/en

Download Statutory Instrument Map(s)

MAP001656.pdf [8.7 MB]

Related Publications

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Title: Scoping study and pilot survey for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland habitats and vegetation in Ireland [13.0 MB]
Year: 2009
Author: Perrin, P.M.; O'Hanrahan, B.; Roche, J.R.; Barron, S.J.
Series: Unpublished Report
Cover image
Title: Bricklieve Mountains & Keishcorran SAC [3.5 MB]
Year: 2005
Author: NPWS
Series: Conservation Plan