Description
During the walk we will identify the wildflowers of the season. May is definitely the peak month for flowers, and this holds true in the Burren too. May is the main flowering time for the artic flowers, Mountain Avens & Cat’s Foot, and for many others including Burnet Rose, Bloody Cranesbill and many of our native orchids.
We will interpret the landscape and understand the geology. The effects of thousands of years of human habitation on the landscape will be identified. Our walk includes a visit to an important early-Christian pilgrimage site that still attracts pilgrims to this day. Interestingly, its importance as a place of religious worship dates back way further, into the Celtic pagan era and the Iron Age.
Kate will guide this walk.