
Pollnaknockaun Wood
Ireland, Connacht
Pollnaknockaun Wood
LocationIreland, Connacht
RegionConnacht
TypeNature Reserve
Coordinates53.0638°, -8.3842°
Established1983
Area0.39
Nearest CityClifden (12 km)
Major CityGalway (75 km)
About Pollnaknockaun Wood
Pollnaknockaun Wood Nature Reserve (Irish: Anaclann Dúlra Choill Pholl na gCnocán) protects approximately 96 acres of ancient oakwood near Woodford in southeast County Galway, Ireland. Established as a national nature reserve in 1983 and designated a Special Area of Conservation, it preserves significant remnants of the sessile oak forests that once dominated the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Along with nearby Derrycrag and Rosturra Woods, it represents a fragment of the extensive woodlands that covered this landscape for centuries before widespread clearance. The reserve is managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to protect its irreplaceable old-growth oak woodland ecosystem.
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