Sites where the Lairg Tephra B has been described and geochemically analysed

Tephrabase has found the Lairg Tephra B at 8 sites.

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Site Name Profile Area/Country Latitude Longitude Grid Ref Alt (m) Geochemistry
Malham Moss MM North Yorkshire, England 54.0970°N 2.1730°W SD887668 380 View data
Jardelunder Moor Jam Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 54.8200°N 9.2300°E n/a n/a View data
Tiefer See
(lake site)
TSK (composite profile) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany 53.5917°N 12.5300°E n/a 63 View data
An Loch Mór, Inis Oírr
(lake site)
MOR2 Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland 53.0593°N 9.5074°W L990020 10 View data
Claraghmore Lake
(lake site)
CLA-L County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 54.6310°N 7.4500°W n/a 78 View data
Fallahogy Bog Fallahogy Nov 93 1B County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 54.9120°N 6.5620°W C922081 46 View data
Sluggan Bog Sluggan Monolith 10 County Antrim, Northern Ireland 54.7650°N 6.2931°W J 099921 50 View data
Lairg AG4 Profile 1 Sutherland, Scotland 57.9800°N 4.3800°W NC589022 152 View data

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This Tephrabase search was made on 5/7/2025 at 09:12:04 local time, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.