Danks Down and Truckle Hill

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Danks Down, showing a footpath (part of the Macmillan Way) on the left and By Brook in the valley to the right. Long Dean Hamlet in middle-distance. Path on Danks Down - geograph.org.uk - 445720.jpg
Danks Down, showing a footpath (part of the Macmillan Way) on the left and By Brook in the valley to the right. Long Dean Hamlet in middle-distance.

Danks Down and Truckle Hill (grid reference ST834758 ) is a 13.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990.

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Coordinates: 51°28′52″N2°14′23″W / 51.481°N 2.2397°W / 51.481; -2.2397


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