Probing - Bioru
Because the bog is composed of 90% water it is possible to push iron rods down through the peat to locate the stone walls underneath.
Using this technique archaeologists have located dozens of miles of field walls.
Ceide Fields
Ballycastle
County Mayo
+353 (0) 96 43325
ceidefields@opw.ie
www.ceidefields.com
Sneak Peek
Some interesting items can be viewed here
- Granny in Bed
- Ancient Pine Tree
- Ballyglass House
- Belmullet Gneiss Rock
- Beard Lichen
- Bog Cotton
- Common Butterwort
- Ceide Cliffs
- Ceide Midge
- Dún Briste
- Eagle's Eye View
- Giant Irish Elk
- Heath Spotted-Orchid
- Ling Heather
- Matchstick Lichen
- Milkwort
- Neolithic Field Wall
- Plough and ploughmarks
- Pottery
- Probing
- Saddle Quern
- Sundew
- Tapestries
- The Enclosure
- The Ice Age
- The Quarry
- Turf Bank