Hinton Charterhouse Field

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Hinton Charterhouse Field
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Hinton Charterhouse Field is located in Somerset
Hinton Charterhouse Field
Location within Somerset
Area of Search Avon
Grid reference ST764574
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Interest Biological
Area 0.32 hectares (0.0032 km2; 0.0012 sq mi)
Notification 1991 (1991)
Natural England website

Hinton Charterhouse Field (grid reference ST764574) is a 0.32 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Hinton Charterhouse in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991.

The site is situated on a west-facing slope of a shallow valley of the Cotswolds to the south of Bath and is underlain by Oolitic Limestone. The sward contains a population of the nationally rare Field Eryngo (Eryngium campestre).[1]

References

  1. English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed on 16 July 2006)

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