bogs armagh

Originally a raised bog, over 300 years of turf cutting have left Brackagh a maze of pools, drainage channels and peat ramparts. Most of the reddish acid bog peat was removed, exposing older, black, base-rich fen peat underneath.

The variety in soils has resulted in an extremely varied flora. Dense alder and willow carr woodlands open on to luxuriant species-rich fens and shallow pools while in a few areas acidic bog mosses survive, bedecked with insect-eating sundew plants. In summ...