Trottiscliffe Meadows

Trottiscliffe Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Kent
Grid reference TQ 643 595[1]
Interest Biological
Area 4.8 hectares (12 acres)[1]
Notification 1990[1]
Location map Magic Map

Trottiscliffe Meadows is a 4.8-hectare (12-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Trottiscliffe in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3]

These meadows on gault clay are crossed by calcareous streams, and they are two of the few remaining areas of unimproved grassland in the county. They have a number of uncommon plants, such as marsh valerian, carnation sedge, brown sedge and the rare moss cratoneuron filicinum.[4]

The meadows are private land, but a public footpath crosses one of them.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Trottiscliffe Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Trottiscliffe Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ↑ "Trottiscliffe Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

Coordinates: 51°18′40″N 0°21′22″E / 51.311°N 0.356°E / 51.311; 0.356

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