Carn/Glenshane Pass SAC
Topics:
Protected area type:
Special Areas of Conservation
Feature type:
Habitat
County:
Londonderry
Council:
Causeway Coast and Glens
Guidance and literature:
Carn Glenshane Pass SAC
The peatland complex is comprised of a series of raised and flushed peat bog units within an all encompassing mantle of blanket peat. The blanket bog is somewhat degraded in places with large blocks eroded, other sections drained and still other areas overgrazed. Nevertheless, the peatland supports good Sphagnum-rich blanket bog vegetation with high dwarf-shrub cover. The site also includes a well-patterned hummock, hollow and pool complex. Localised pockets of wet heath occur on the steeper slopes.