Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

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Grace Dieu and High Sharpley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Spring In Grace Dieu Wood
Location Leicestershire
Grid reference SK 438 173 [1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area86.0 hectares [1]
Notification 1983 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire. [1] [2] Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]

This site is composed of several fragments of the formerly extensive Charnwood Forest, and it has diverse habitats of heath, woodland, rock, scrub and acid grassland. Grace Dieu Quarry exhibits a thin marine Lower Carboniferous layer of Carboniferous Limestone, close to the Midland shoreline around 340 million years ago. [4]

Roads and footpaths go through some areas of the site.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Grace Dieu and High Sharpley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Grace Dieu and High Sharpley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Grace Dieu (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Grace Dieu and High Sharpley citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

52°44′53″N1°21′07″W / 52.748°N 1.352°W / 52.748; -1.352

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