Volume 29 (2023) Article 06

A 3000-year multiproxy palaeoclimate record from Killorn Moss, Stirlingshire, Scotland

by A.C. Blundell, P.G. Langdon

Published online: 11.02.2023

Summary

Peatlands across the United Kingdom and Europe represent an important source of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatological data for the Holocene time period. Here we derive a detailed 3000-year record of inferred changes in water table from the raised bog at Killorn Moss in central Scotland, employing a multiproxy approach. Proxies are compared and contrasted, and the merits of a multiproxy approach are highlighted. Ten changes to wetter conditions supported by at least two proxies are evident at Killorn, with substantial shifts related to the Sub-boreal/Sub-atlantic transition and post Roman and Dark Age deteriorations. Inferred changes in climate are compared with a local record from another raised bog and with more geographically widespread locations highlighting corresponding events, but also evidencing the importance of robust dating.

Citation

Blundell, A.C., Langdon, P.G. (2023) A 3000-year multiproxy palaeoclimate record from Killorn Moss, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Mires and Peat, 29, 06, 19pp. (Online: http://www.mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/map29/map2906.php); doi: 10.19189/MaP.2022.OMB.Sc.1836954

Reviewers

IMCG and IPS acknowledge the work of the reviewers.