Earth Science Conservation Review
| County Antrim Karst; Tievebulliagh area | Antrim |
| Site Type: | Karst |
| Site Status: | ASSI |
| Council area: | Moyle District Council |
| Grid Reference: | D193263 |
| Google maps: | 55.07014,-6.13243 |
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
| Rock Age: | Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceous (Eocene, Holocene, Palaeocene, Santonian) |
| Rock Name: | Antrim Lava Group, Ulster White Limestone Formation |
| Rock Type: | Basalt, Limestone |
| Interest | |
| Other interest: | Contact, doline, sinkhole |
Summary of site:
The recently discovered Co. Antrim Karst is still being surveyed but in the region of Tievebulliagh, south of the basalt escarpment at the junction with the Ulster White Limestone, there is a line of large solution depressions (dolines) and sinks which take underground the flow of water draining from the basalts. The speleological possibilities of the area remain to be fully explored.
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2024. County Antrim Karst; Tievebulliagh area, County Antrim, site summary. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/summary.php?item=435. Accessed on 2024-12-26 |
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