Gurteen Beach (Trá na Feadóige in Irish meaning beach of the plover), located in Roundstone, County Galway, in the Connemara region of the west of Ireland, lies back-to-back with Dog's Bay. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Roundstone ( Irish: Cloch na Rón meaning "Seal's Rock" is a Village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, located County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the West Coast of Ireland. Connemara (in Irish: Conamara) which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning descendants of Con Mhac of the sea is a district in the west of Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The two beaches were formed by a sand spit and tombolo which now separates the two bays known as Gurteen Bay and Dog's Bay. A spit is a deposition Landform found off Coasts. At one end spits connect to land while at the far end they exist in open water A tombolo is a deposition Landform such as a spit or bar which is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land The name Gurteen derives from the Irish Goirtín meaning small plot or small field. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish.

The area is internationally important for its rare and interesting ecological, geological and archaeological features. Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The sand and grassland habitats are of particular interest. The sand was not formed from rocks, but rather from shells of tiny sea creatures known as foraminifera. The Foraminifera, ("Hole Bearers" or forams for short are a large group of Amoeboid Protists with reticulating Pseudopods fine The grasslands, made up of machair vegetation is considered rare and only known to be found on the west coast of Ireland and Scotland. This article is about a geographic landform For the TV series see Machair (TV series The Gaelic word machair or machar refers to a fertile

The Roundstone beaches are also important as an example of practical community led nature conservation. Conservation can be confused with Conversation and vice versa The area had been seriously threatened by erosion up until the early 1990s. Erosion is the carrying away or displacement of solids ( Sediment, Soil, rock and other particles usually by the agents of currents such as wind However, extensive efforts on behalf of the local beach restoration committee and local community have helped to re-establish the sand dunes on the tombolo and the headland and to preserve the very special character of the area. In physical Geography, a dune is a Hill of Sand built by Aeolian processes. A tombolo is a deposition Landform such as a spit or bar which is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides

External links

• Roundstone.ie

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