Cloy Brook Pastures

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Caeau Cloy Brook
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Wales
Location Clwyd
Grid reference SJ3929942251
Coordinates 52°58′27″N2°54′19″W / 52.974158°N 2.9053869°W / 52.974158; -2.9053869 Coordinates: 52°58′27″N2°54′19″W / 52.974158°N 2.9053869°W / 52.974158; -2.9053869
InterestBiological
Area5.73 ha (14.2 acres)
Notification 18 January 1985

Cloy Brook Pastures is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the preserved county of Clwyd, north Wales.

It is an area of wet pasture managed by grazing, with a variety of plants such as dyer’s greenweed, pepper saxifrage and spiny restharrow. [1]

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References

  1. "National Landscape Character - 31/03/2014 - NLCA14 MAELOR" (PDF). Natural Resources Wales .