Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TL 519 591 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 62.0 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Wilbraham Fens is a 62.5-hectare (154-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Cambridge. [1] [2]
This is an example of a fen habitat, which is now rare in Britain, with grassland, scrub, ponds and ditches. The dominant fen species is common reed, which is present in dense stands, together with plants such as purple loosestrife and meadow rue. Herbs include harebell and field scabious. [3]
There is no public access but the site can be viewed from footpaths.
Fleam Dyke is a linear earthwork between Fulbourn and Balsham in Cambridgeshire, initiated at some timepoint between AD 330 and AD 510. It is three miles long and seven metres high from ditch to bank, and its ditch faces westwards, implying invading Saxons as its architects. Later, it formed a boundary of the Anglo-Saxon administrative division of Flendish Hundred. At a prominent point, the earthwork runs beside Mutlow Hill, crowned by a 4000-year-old Bronze Age burial mound.
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