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Fossil Pingos in the South of Ireland

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REMAINS of former pingos or ice-lens mounds are known in the Low Countries, Scandinavia, East Anglia1 and Wales2. They are also widely distributed in the south of Ireland.

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  1. Sparks, B. W., Bull. Geol. Assoc. Lond., 8 (1969).

  2. Pissart, A., Z. Geomorphol., 7, 147 (1963).

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MITCHELL, G. Fossil Pingos in the South of Ireland. Nature 230, 43–44 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230043a0

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