Pollen profile SHE III, Lough Sheeauns, Co. Galway@en

Pollen analyst: Karen Molloy. Sampling density: variable; mainly 4 cm intervals; Elm Decline and Neolithic continuous sampling; samples 1 cm thick. No. of spectra: 90. 442-402: continuous sampling (41 samples in this part of profile). Lycopodium spore suspension of know concentration added; acetolysis, mounted in glycerine. Cereal-type pollen differentiated using Beug (1961) criteria (37 um taken as cutoff point; but only pollen grains 40 um and greater included in cereal-type). Pollen nomenclature generally follows Moore et al. 1991. <1 = recorded outside the pollen counts (most samples searched for additional taxa). Distinction between Myrica and Corylus made. Charcoal particles ≥37 um counted during routine pollen counting.