King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift

King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Grid reference SK 864 282 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 23.9 hectares (59 acres)[1]
Notification 1984[1]
Location map Magic Map

King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift is a 23.9 hectares (59 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and is east of Croxton Kerrial.[1][2] King Lud's Entrenchments is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[3]

This site has limestone grassland with tor-grass, cock's foot, crested dog's-tail and red fescue. Herbs include salad burnet, field scabious, germander speedwell and perforate St John's-wort, and there is also some broad-leaved semi-natural woodland.[4]

There is access to the site and The Drift is part of the Viking Way long distance trail.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow". Historic England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°50′31″N 0°43′16″W / 52.842°N 0.721°W / 52.842; -0.721

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