Bog of Allen

"[2] The bog is much reduced after centuries of industrial exploitation and recent encroachments by development.

[citation needed] The peatlands of the Bog of Allen contain a valuable part of the archaeological record.

In many parts of the Bog of Allen industrial milling has uncovered archaeological remains[4] such as trackways.

These trackways are wooden walkways constructed through prehistory and into the medieval period which allowed people and animals to cross the extensive areas of peatland, which can give us an insight into the economy and way of life of the societies that existed around the bog.

A current study carried out on Daingean Bog is investigating the use of testate amoebae to reconstruct changes in precipitation and to link this to climate variability during the Holocene.