Hemingfold Meadow

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Hemingfold Meadow
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Field near Little Hemingfold - geograph.org.uk - 1053920.jpg
Location East Sussex
Grid reference TQ 777 148 [1]
InterestBiological
Area4.9 hectares (12 acres) [1]
Notification 1984 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Hemingfold Meadow is a 4.9-hectare (12-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Battle in East Sussex. [1] [2]

This site consists of two adjacent meadows which have been managed with a grazing and mowing regime which maintains the flora. More than sixty species of flowering plant have been recorded, including common spotted orchid, ox-eye daisy, cuckoo flower, pignut, yellow rattle and primrose. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Hemingfold Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. "Map of Hemingfold Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. "Hemingfold Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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