Bishops Wood Dundrum
The area is called Bishop's Wood because at one stage it was designated church property. The Earl of Montalt owned the state until 1905 and the remains of the gamekeeper's lodge still stands in the woods.There is a wide variety of Flora and Fauna to be found here. The forest is coniferous with mainly Sitka and Norwegian spruce. Some groups of broadleaves, especially oak, have been retained with scattered ash and Western red deer. The forest is also home to a variety of bird and animal life including fox, fallow deer. Red squirrel, whiskered bats, pipistrelle bats and long eared bats.
