{"id":34962,"date":"2020-08-26T07:29:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=34962"},"modified":"2020-08-26T07:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:29:37","slug":"slieveanorra-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/08\/26\/slieveanorra-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Slieveanorra: a large peat bog landslide in Northern Ireland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slieveanorra: a large peat bog landslide in Northern Ireland?<\/h4>\n

Yesterday a large storm tracked across the British Isles, bringing unseasonably strong winds and intense rainfall.\u00a0 Storm Francis has caused some flooding, extensive damage to trees and some landslides.\u00a0 The most interesting of these has occurred at Slieveanorra, in the northern part of County Antrim in Northern Ireland.\u00a0 At present there is little detail of this landslide except a report in the Ballymena Daily<\/a>, which includes this image:-<\/p>\n

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The aftermath of the landslide at Slieveanorra in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Image by KEVIN MCAULEY\/MCAULEY MULTIMEDIA via the Ballymena Daily<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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There is little detail about the landslide in the report, but from the images above the slide appears to have occurred in peat<\/a>.\u00a0 A planar shear surface maybe apparent in the distance in the image, although it is impossible to see how far up the hillside this extends.\u00a0 The report indicates that the landslide, which is on a road that links the\u00a0 Ballymoney area with the Glens, will take several days to clear.<\/p>\n

This is not the first peat landslide in the Slieveanorra area.\u00a0 In January 2015 the same region suffered a large peat bog landslide:-<\/p>\n

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Croghan\/Slieveanorra bog burst Co. Antrim @baird_andy<\/a> @EdTurner9090 pic.twitter.com\/w39PzN0QFs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Graeme T. Swindles (@GraemeSwindles) January 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n