30/08/2026
Colour changes mark the changing seasons.
Crystal clear waters of Roundstone bog. It is a rare low-lying blanket bog and lake complex in Connemara - Neolithic and Bronze Age: The history of the bog is tied to early human settlement; Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers cleared surrounding land and shaped the soil profiles that allowed peat to form over millennia - Today, the bog is an internationally famous conservation area and Special Protection Area, prized for rare heather species and critical populations of ground-nesting birds like the golden plover and merlin