Site Details
Site code
001656
Designation
Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
County
Sligo
Coordinates
Latitude: 54.0492
Longitude: -8.3924
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
| 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| Series: | Unpublished Report |
| Title: | Bricklieve Mountains & Keishcorran SAC [3.5 MB] |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Author: | NPWS |
| Series: | Conservation Plan |