A Late‐glacial and Early Post‐glacial Pollen Diagram From Drimnagall, North Knapdale, Argyllshire

Rymer, Leslie

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb02197.x

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“…This vegetational pattern not only contrasts with that found in other profiles on Mull, but also differs from that recorded in sites in the west-central Grampians (e.g. Walker & Lowe, 1977, 1981 and adjacent areas of the western seaboard (Rymer, 1977;Tipping, 1984) where clear Juniperus and Betula phases characterise the early Flandrian pollen spectra. In some respects, the Beinn Reudle succession is closer to that reflected in pollen diagrams from sites in the northern Highlands (Pennington et al, 1972;Peglar, 1979;Birks, 1984), although even in these areas, an episode of Betula dominance is usually recorded.…”

Section: Regional Vegetational Developmentscontrasting

confidence: 90%

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Flandrian Environmental History of the Isle of Mull, Scotland

Lowe

Walker

1986

New Phytologist

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SUMMARYFlandrian percentage pollen diagrams are presented from three sites in western and northern Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, and these data are augmented by pollen concentration evidence from one of the sites. In general terms, the pattern of vegetational development is broadly similar to that found in a previous study in the uplands of south-central Mull. However, differences in detail are apparent in the vegetational history of the northern and western parts of the island, particularly in the representation oi Empctrwn,Jutuperus and Betula pollen in the early Flandrian deposits, and in the frequencies of Alnus and Quercus in the mid-and late-Flandnan pollen records. These pollen-stratigraphic contrasts between the three sites, and between these profiles and those from the more sheltered south-central parts of the island can be attributed partly to differences in pollen recruitment processes and partly to variations in degree of exposure to prevailing winds.

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Section: Regional Vegetational Developmentscontrasting

confidence: 90%

“…8000 B.p. on the basis of radiocarbon dates on the expansion of woodland taxa on Skye and the Morar Peninsula (Williams, 1977) and in Argyllshire (Rymer, 1977).…”

Section: Pollen Concentration Data Beinn Reudlementioning

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Flandrian Environmental History of the Isle of Mull, Scotland

Lowe

Walker

1986

New Phytologist

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“…Other changes include a decline in the dominance of Cyperaceae, a rise in Gramineae and also of Ranunculus undiff. Such changes correlate well with the transition from Loch Lomond Stadial to post-glacial climates not only within the region (Rymer 1977;Tipping 1984) but also in other areas of western Scotland (Lowe and Walker 1981) and in Britain generally (Pennington 1977).…”

Section: Palynological Resultsmentioning

confidence: 53%

“…Lateglacial Interstadial pollen stratigraphies are known from the region (Rymer 1977;Peglar, in Birks 1980;Tipping 1984) and from these data it is clear that such vegetational phases, rich in Juniperus, Empetrum and Gramineae pollen, are absent from the basal sediments of the Na Lona Min diagram (Fig. 4).…”

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A late-Devensian pollen site in Cowal, south-west Scotland

Tipping¹

1986

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Synopsis A thick sequence of clays and gyttja sediments from a valley in the north-west of the Cowal Peninsula is shown on palynological grounds to be of Late-Devensian (Loch Lomond Stadial) and early Flandrian age. The Stadial depositional environment is considered by comparison with varved glacial sediments in other regions to be glaciolacustrine in origin. Correlation of the basal part of this sequence with a prominent terminal moraine of probable Loch Lomond Stadial age leads to the proposal that Stadial glacial activity in the Cowal Peninsula was considerably greater than is at present recognized.

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“…The nearest site to Loch a'Bhogaidh for which pollen data have been published is the archaeological site of An Sithean, Islay (S. Greshon in Barber & Brown, 1984). Others are Aros Moss on the Kintyre Peninsula (Nichols, 1967), Loch Cill and Aonghais (S. Peglar in Birks, 1980) and Drimnagall (Rymer, 1977) in Knapdale, and various sites on the Isles of Mull (Walker & Lowe, 1985;Lowe & Walker, 1986) and Jura (e.g. analyses by S.E.…”

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The Mire of Loch a'Bhogaidh, Islay

Agnew

Edwards

Hirons

et al. 1988

Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh

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A valley mire at Loch a'Bhogaidh, Islay, part of an SSSI, was briefly examined because of its rich flora and deep sediments. A mixture of fen, aquatic and raised bog vegetation now occupies the site which earlier had more open shallow water. Vegetation, temperature profiles and conductivity were sampled along an EW transect and water samples removed for laboratory analysis. Stratigraphic profiles were made for eight sediment cores from the transect, and pollen analysis was carried out in one of these. Three vegetation zones correlated exactly with water chemistry and hydrology; a central species-rich and relatively eutrophic reedswamp with moving water was flanked by a drier ombrotrophic bog and a floating, successional, species-poor eutrophic Sphagnum carpet. Stratigraphic profiles showed deposits of probable lateglacial age overlain by gyttja and then fen peat as the lake basin filled in. The pollen record showed a predominance of tree and shrub pollen at the lowest levels succeeded by bog and open grassland species. The site is recommended for future comparison with similar Inner Hebridean sites and for its conservation value.

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A Late‐glacial and Early Post‐glacial Pollen Diagram From Drimnagall, North Knapdale, Argyllshire

Cited by 19 publications

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Flandrian Environmental History of the Isle of Mull, Scotland

Flandrian Environmental History of the Isle of Mull, Scotland

A late-Devensian pollen site in Cowal, south-west Scotland

The Mire of Loch a'Bhogaidh, Islay

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