Boora Bog is a cutaway peat bog situated in County Offaly

County Offaly

County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...

, in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. One of the features of this bog is a lake, Lough Boora.
Peat has been harvested for fuel between the 1950s and 1970s, and the land is now being reclaimed for agricultural and development use.

The highest observed 20th century air temperature in Ireland, 32.5°C was measured at Boora on 29 June 1976

Boora Bog is notable for its archaeological finds; in excavations at Lough Boora, a temporary settlement has been found, dating back to the Mesolithic era. No structures were discovered, but stone axe heads, arrow heads and blades and were discovered, surrounding a series of fire sites. The finds were dated

Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring radioisotope carbon-14 to estimate the age of carbon-bearing materials up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years. Raw, i.e. uncalibrated, radiocarbon ages are usually reported in radiocarbon years "Before Present" ,...

to approximately between 6,8000 BCE and 6,000 BCE.