Clints and grikes
Copyright Geological Survey of Ireland 2006.

Limestone pavement is a more or less horizontal, bare limestone surface which is cut into slabs (the clints) separated by deep fissures (the grikes). The grikes are formed by chemical weathering or carbonation, resulting in the solution of limestone.

Examples of classic limestone pavement are to be found in the Burren, on the Gort lowland to the east, and along the south-eastern shores of Lough Mask on the Galkway-Mayo border.