Chanctonbury Hill

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Chanctonbury Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Chanctonbury Ring - geograph.org.uk - 991317.jpg
Chanctonbury Ring
Location West Sussex
Grid reference TQ 140 119 [1]
InterestBiological
Area82.7 hectares (204 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Chanctonbury Hill is an 82.7-hectare (204-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Steyning in West Sussex. [1] [2] Part of it is Chanctonbury Ring, an early Iron Age hillfort which contains two Romano-Celtic temples and which is a Scheduled Monument. [3]

This site on the steep slope of the South Downs is mainly woodland with some areas of chalk grassland. A dew pond has great crested newts, a species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. More than sixty species of breeding birds have been recorded, including meadow pipits, corn buntings and green woodpeckers. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples (1015114)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Chanctonbury Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

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