Photos • Location
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | 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
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Trottiscliffe Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Map of Trottiscliffe Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Trottiscliffe Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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