Lympne Escarpment

Lympne Escarpment
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TR 124 344[1]
Interest Biological
Area 140.2 hectares (346 acres)[1]
Notification 1987[1]
Location map Magic Map

Lympne Escarpment is a 140.2-hectare (346-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Hythe in Kent.[1][2]Part of it is the remains of a Saxon Shore fort now called Stutfall Castle, which is a Scheduled Monument.[3]

This steeply sloping site has woodland and grassland on Kentish ragstone, with many springs and flushes at the base. It is close to the sea, and the resulting high humidity allows plants such as stinking iris, which are usually confined to woods, to grow in grassland.[4]

Public footpaths cross the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Lympne Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Lympne Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Saxon Shore fort now called Stutfall Castle, 468m south-west of St Stephen's Church". Historic England. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Lympne Escarpment citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

Coordinates: 51°04′N 1°02′E / 51.07°N 1.03°E / 51.07; 1.03

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