Loughareema, The Vanishing Lake © Mike Simms cc-by-sa/2.0

D2036 : Loughareema, The Vanishing Lake

taken 25 years ago, 6 km NW of Cushendun, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Loughareema, The Vanishing Lake

Loughareema sits on chalk and has a leaky bed. But the 'plughole' is bunged with peat and so the water can only percolate slowly down into the passage below. After heavy rain the streams draining off the adjacent hills, which are of schist, overwhelm the plughole and the lake fills.

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Grid Square: D2036, 9 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Mike Simms (find more nearby)
Date Taken: July 1998 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 26 April, 2006
Category: Lake (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: D 20 36 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 55:9.6588N 6:6.6084W