Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Pickworth Great Wood
Area of Search Rutland
Grid reference SK 981 149 [1]
Interest Biological
Geological
Area 111.2 hectares[1]
Notification 1986[1]
Location map Magic Map

Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood is a 111.2 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland. It lies southeast of Clipsham and north of Pickworth.[1][2] Clipsham Old Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] and Pickworth Great Wood is owned by the Forestry Commission.[4]

Pickworth Great Wood is one of the largest deciduous woods in the county, with diverse breeding birds and over 150 species of moth. Clipsham Old Quarry has dense hawthorn scrub and limestone grassland with a variety of lime-loving herbs such as dwarf thistle and yellow-wort. The quarry exposes rocks of the Bajocian Middle and Upper Lincolnshire Limestone around 170 million years ago.[4]

There is public access to Pickworth Great Wood, but not to Clipsham Old Quarry.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Clipsham Quarry (Aalenian - Bajocian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

Coordinates: 52°43′23″N 0°32′56″W / 52.723°N 0.549°W / 52.723; -0.549

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