January 04, 2006

Clew Bay


Geologically, this drumlin in Clew Bay doesn't have long to live. The Atlantic will wash it away just as it has with many others that dotted Clew Bay. There's still around 100 small islands left - piles of gravel laid down by glacial activity around 20,000 years ago (drumlin is derived from the Irish word for back or hump, droim)*. The coastline was further west until about 5000 years ago, but now, slowly but surely, wave action is returning the islands back to the sea. Photo taken from Croagh Patrick - the white dots on the island are sheep, which should give you an idea of the size of the island.

* source:- Mary Mulvihill's Ingenious Ireland

Posted by Monasette at January 4, 2006 10:55 PM
Comments

just glad it is too small for a hilton ressort! the beaches would have invited millions of tourists.

Posted by: claus at January 5, 2006 07:19 PM

I'd love to have the opportunity to do aerials all along the Galway-Mayo coast and over the lakes, but €€€€€'s are too much! about 380+VAT per hour.. Where are you going this weekend?

Posted by: Sean McCormack at January 7, 2006 02:42 AM