Draft:Hugginstown Fen

Hugginstown Fen is a fen site 4 km south-west of Ballyhale, County Kilkenny in Republic of Ireland. It is also a nationally proposed Natural Heritage Area and also a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC Site Code IE0000404) selected for alkaline fen, a habitat listed on Annex I of the European Union Habitats Directive(92/43/EEC). Located in Atlantic  biogeographical region and the NUTS 2 Southern and Eastern (IE02) region.

The Common Frog on the Red List of Threatened Species is found at the site.

Other Special Areas of Conservation in County Kilkenny include Hugginstown Fen south-west of Ballyhale, The Loughans near Urlingford, Cullahill Mountain on the Castlecomer Plateau near Johnstown, Spahill and Clomantagh Hill which form part of an escarpment which links the Slieveardagh Hills with the Castlecomer Plateau, Galmoy Fen north of Johnstown, the Lower River Suir south of Thurles, the freshwater stretches of the River Barrow and River Nore and Thomastown Quarry, near Thomastown.

The Common Frog, a Red List of Threatened Species species, is found at on the site.