Natural World

Time-travelling in a Northern Ireland Bog

Saturday 23 February, 9:15 am - 1:00 pm

Suitability: 18+

£6

Ireland’s bogs first formed towards the end of the last ice age. Since then, they have been accumulating peat, which comprises the partly decomposed remains of the plants that once grew on the bog, as well as insects and microscopic fauna that lived on the bog, and steadily capturing snapshots of environmental change over the millennia.
This fieldtrip will visit Sluggan Moss, Co. Antrim, where we can track the bog’s development over time through its exposed peat face.
We will consider the different techniques palaeoecologists use to reconstruct past environmental and climate change. Using a peat corer, we can probe further back in time, all the way to the Last Ice Age. Transport will be provided from QUB.
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Venue

Archaeology & Palaeoecology Centre
QUB
42 Fitzwilliam Street
Room G43
Queens University
Belfast BT9 6AX

Partners

Queens Univeristy