Authors:
Fred Slater
Book:
Proceedings of the 14th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Stockholm
Keywords:
cors-fochno, drain-blocking, peat-shrinkage
Documentfile:
Slater 2012: Surface Profile Change at Cors Fochno (Borth Bog), Wales, UK
Summary:
Theme I. Inventory, stratigraphy and conservation of mires and peatlands
SUMMARY
Cors Fochno (Borth Bog) is an almost pristine, active estuarine raised peatland on the west coast of Wales which has a high level of National and International protection There has been a long history of peripheral human intervention mainly related to peat extraction and drainage. From the 1970s many of the drainage channels were blocked and using a rocky outcrop called Llwyn y garreg as a baseline the shrinkage and subsequent recovery of the peat level has been followed suggesting that the blockage of the drains has had a positive effect on the surface level of the bog.