Boggy Pools
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Boggy Pools by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Boggy Pools
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 14 May 2011
As well as the peat, there are thousands of lochs, lochans, pools and wet holes in the interior of Leòdhas (Lewis), making it not just difficult, but often also dangerous, to go walking across the moors. These are not far from civilisation, and can be reached on a reasonably firm track.
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Image Location
Latitude
58.351868
Longitude
-6.225018