Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove

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Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove
Site of Special Scientific Interest

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Upper Beaulieu Farm and Lord's Grove
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Location within Monmouthshire
Area of Search Monmouthshire
Grid reference SO528113
Coordinates 51°47′55″N2°41′05″W / 51.7987°N 2.6848°W / 51.7987; -2.6848 Coordinates: 51°47′55″N2°41′05″W / 51.7987°N 2.6848°W / 51.7987; -2.6848
Interest Biological
Area 22.2 hectares (0.222 km2; 0.0857 sq mi)
Notification 1981

Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. [1]

Site of Special Scientific Interest Conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".

Monmouthshire County

Monmouthshire is a county in south-east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire of which it covers the eastern 60%. The largest town is Abergavenny. Other towns and large villages are Caldicot, Chepstow, Monmouth, Magor and Usk. It borders Torfaen and Newport to the west; Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the east; and Powys to the north.

Wales Country in northwest Europe, part of the United Kingdom

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Geography

The 22.2-hectare (55-acre) SSSI, notified in 1981, is located within the community of Monmouth, being 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west of the town of the same name. [2] [3]

A community is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales. Welsh communities are analogous to civil parishes in England. In 2016 there were 870 communities in Wales.

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References

  1. ↑ "Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove". Countryside Council for Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove map" (pdf). Countryside Council for Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet OL14 Wye Valley & Forest of Dean ISBN   9780319240953


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