The Ice Age or the Quaternary (starting about 1.2 milion years ago) is not a long time ago compared to the staggering 350 to 380 million years going back to the Devonian and the Carboniferous periods. But the Quaternary landscape of Cork City was still different despite being a few tens of thousands of years ago. We would have had hyenas, reindeer, wolves and bears roaming around in this area as well, while the local sea levels were much lower than they are today. As humans came to the area a few thousands of years ago, we have since further changed the landscape. But that is a historical account for another time!
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1. The illustration shows these enormous ice sheets that shaped the landscape of the area. 2 . 13,700 years ago, the ice began to melt and the waters carved river valleys in the rocks.
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