Talk:Curraghs

Latest comment: 15 years ago by RamseyPalace

"It was the exploitation of peat that made the land slightly drier than it is today. When the practice of peat cutting was discontinued, the ditches in the area filled with water and bogs were formed."

I think this seems a bit unclear... was it that the ditches silted up and so the curraghs didnt drain? (RamseyPalace (talk) 09:39, 8 April 2009 (UTC))Reply

Wallabies- the original paper seems not to be available on the web, but the author was a University College London 2007-8 Conservation Msc student, and the paper is referred to here - http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/about-the-department/people/academics/anson-mackay/research-students RamseyPalace (talk) 09:58, 9 April 2009 (UTC)Reply