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Sea worn root stock of submerged forest stump. Small pebbles have been pounded into the crevices.

Close up of next photo showing stone firmly stuck in root crevice.

Sea worn root stock of submerged forest stump. Small pebbles have been pounded into the crevices.

Several thousand years ago this area of peaty woodland was submerged by the sea. Now ancient roots sprawl out across the beach poking up through the sand and ancient peat.

Spiddal harbour, County Galway, Ireland