The physical restoration works at Glashapullagh are now complete. Over 140 dams installed, 800 metres of peat bank reprofiled, and 800 square metres of bare peat protected with geotextiles across 7 hectares of blanket bog.
The team worked through challenging winter conditions to get the dams in place before the spring growing season. Every drain on the site has been addressed — timber dams in the shallow ones, peat plugs in the deep channels, composite dams on the slopes, and stone dams where the peat was too thin.
Self-sown conifers have been removed, legacy waste cleared, and the worst of the exposed peat banks graded into gentler slopes. The site is now ready to begin healing.
This is not the end of the work — it's the beginning of the monitoring phase. We will track how the bog responds over the coming years, filming the changes and sharing the story of Glashapullagh's recovery.