Houses in drumlin country with the Slieve Croob range in the background
Introduction
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Houses in drumlin country with the Slieve Croob range in the background
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 10 Mar 2015
The lowlands between the Mourne Mountains and the Slieve Croob Range are covered by a carpet of glacial debris which was shaped into a drumlin field which exhibits the classic "basket of eggs" topography. These drumlins are young -about 13,000 years old. The Slieve Croob Range, on the other hand, is a much older feature - being some 400 million years old,
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Image Location
Latitude
54.306471
Longitude
-5.883548