The Burren is a well known area in County Clare in the West of Ireland famed for it’s limestone pavement / karst landscape. Less well know is this area on the Mayo / Galway border known by the locals as the little Burren, and officially as the Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement Spacial Area of Conservation. Here limestone pavement occurs close to the surface with little or minimal soil cover. The limestone wears away through natural processes of being weathered and dissolved by rainwater. Little holes and cracks form and in these plants grow – often unusual ones. Nature’s architecture at it’s best.
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Limestone pavement
Murtagh's Meadow 
Marvelous!! Thank you so much for showing us nature’s architecture at it’s best!
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Glad you like it Amy:)
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Well done,MM!
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Ah, the Burren! Great gallery of its beauty! Nature’s best. We drove past only last summer – sorry we did not have time to stay…maybe next time! Thank you for taking us in this post!
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Yes, it is a place worth exploring.
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Yes – Next time we will!
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This is an amazing landscape. There are exposed rocks in the countryside on the other side of Yorkshire but not as much as in these photos.
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I was in Malham tarn many years ago which had some similar rocks
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You probably know Malham better than me!
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Cool rock formations. I love learning the geology of an area.
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I agree Eliza. This limestone landscape is fascinating.
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How unusual. I’m guessing that these rare plants will only grow in this place?
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There are some plants that only grow here and similar areas.
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That’s such a cool place. We must go again… đŸ˜‰
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It is.
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Oh, this is beautiful. I’d love to spend some time there. In Slovenia – where I’m from – there is a Karst plateau too with many caves and other typical structures. The most well-known products are prosciutto, dried in the bora wind, and wine, and the Lipizzaner horses originate there as well.
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Sounds fascinating. In the larger ‘Burren’ in Clare there are some impressive caves too.
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It’s an amazing place. Think I first read about it in Macfarlane’s book Wild Places. Thanks for sharing some great photos.
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Glad you liked the photos, yes these limestone areas are pretty amazing
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Reblogged this on Alfred Cox.
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