Bog-wood (also spelled bogwood or bog wood), also known as abonos and, especially amongst pipe smokers, as morta, [1] is a material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years.

At Celtic bog woods we craft unique Bog Oak Gifts / Bog Oak Corporate Awards made from 5000 year old Irish bog oak. We have a range of bog oak jewellery

Blanket bogs are found along the west coast of Ireland and in mountainous areas around the country where rainfall is 1200mm per year or more. 17% of the land surface of this country is covered with peatland and Bord na Móna who are responsible for industrial peatland development in Ireland, owns 25% of the midland raised bogs.

The three main types of wood found preserved in bogs today are: Scots Pine, Oak and Yew. The can be from 4’000 – 7’000 years old. With the advent of turf production and land drainage these ancient Bogwoods can be found. we gather these Bogwoods of oak and yew from the peat lands of Ireland and take them back to our studio where they go ...

One of the rarest and most beautiful woods in the world is Irish bog oak. This very ancient kind of wood can be found across Ireland, but is most often recovered from deep peat bogs in the midlands, and can be anywhere from three thousand to eight thousand years old or more.

Buried trees and forests are common and widespread in Irish bogs.In extensive areas of the west of Ireland entire forests of pine lie preserved underneath the blanket bog. In raised bogs, pine forest is part of the natural vegetation succession from lake to bog. The three important types of wood found preserved in bo

Kevin & Michael Casey of Casey's Sculptures of Newtowncashel, County Longford have been producing bog oak and bog wood sculptures since 1969.

Bog wood is wood from ancient trees that were buried in peat bogs and preserved for hundreds or thousands of years. Irish bog wood usually dates to between 1 AD and 4,000 BC, but the oldest bog wood found in Ireland dates to 7,000 BC. Bogs first began to develop in Ireland around 7,000 BC, when much of the lowlands were flooded by

As Ireland’s last ice age came to an end around 10,000 years ago bogs began to form in the glacial lakes left behind by the retreating ice. These de oxygenated lakes eventually filled with semi decomposed plant matter to become Fen bogs.

Waterford Bog Oak is a very rare collection discovered in the Blackwater Valley, Ireland in the year 2000. The age of our bog oak varies from 2000 to 4500 years old. Waterford Bog Oak (Q12207) dates from 1652BC to 1048BC