The bogs at Ballybetagh, near Dublin, with remarks on late-glacial conditions in Ireland

Abstract

IHE Ballybetagh bogs have long been famous as sites which have yielded remains of the Irish Elk (Ce1'vus giganteus) in remarkable quantity.'rhe investigations described in the following pages were made with the object of examining the deposits in the bogs, both by the collection of the macroscopic plant remains and by pollen-analysis, in order to discover the conditions under which the Elk flourished, and to try to throw some light on the climatic changes of late-and post-glacial times in this area.