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Tubber N.S.
Geography of our locality
Limestone Pavement
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Over the millenia
rainwater has acted on
the limestone of the
Burren region,
dissolving it and
creating all the hollows,
cracks and strange
shapes that we see
today.
It is the action of water
and its movement
through the rocks that
created the Burren.
Clints & Grikes
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At certain ‘weak’ lines in
the limestone the acidic
rainwater dissolves
small cracks in the
rocks and over time
wears these away until
they form larger cracks
in long lines. These are
called ‘clints’ and
‘grikes’.
Aillwee Caves
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Aillwee Cave is a
dried up river cave
system
It was discovered in
the early 1930’s by a
dog chasing rabbits.
Today it is a very
popular tourist
attraction in
Co.Clare.
Lough Bunny
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This is the shores of
Lough Bunny, a local
lake.
The children often
go swimming here in
summer time.
Lough Bunny is
unusual because we
do not have many
lakes in our locality.
Turlough
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A feature very
common in our
locality is a turlough.
A turlough is a
disappearing lake.
It disappears in
Summer and
reappears in the
winter months.
Swallow Hole
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This is a swallow
hole.
It is where the
water disappears
underground and
flows underground
to reappear at a
later stage.
Karren
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The action of the
rainwater on the
surface of the
limestone creates
Karren – small
solutional features
like hollows and
channels.
Erratic
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This is an erratic.
It is a different type of
rock to our limestone.
It is called granite.
It was dropped by the
ice when the ice started
to melt.
It came from another
part of the country.
Fossils
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Limestone is a rock that
was formed under the
sea millions of years
ago.
It was made by the
remains of sea
creatures, which died
and fell to the bottom
of the sea.
Today we can see these
creatures as fossils in
our stone.
Cliffs of Moher
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The Cliffs of Moher are
one of Ireland's top
Visitor attractions.
The Cliffs of Moher
stretch for 8km & rise
up to 214 metres above
the Atlantic Ocean on
the western seaboard of
County Clare.
The Cliffs of Moher are
home to one of the
major colonies of cliff
nesting seabirds in
Ireland.