Wilmington Downs

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Wilmington Downs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Tumulus on Windover Hill summit - geograph.org.uk - 1757553.jpg
Location East Sussex
Grid reference TQ 544 030 [1]
InterestBiological
Area209.8 hectares (518 acres) [1]
Notification 1986 [1]
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Wilmington Downs is a 209.8-hectare (518-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. [1] [2] The site includes a Scheduled Monument, the Long Man of Wilmington, a turf cut figure which may be of prehistoric origin. [3]

This site is mainly chalk grassland on the steep slope of the South Downs. It is important for invertebrates, including two protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981, the wart-biter grasshopper and the snail Monacha cartusiana . There are also several unusual species of lichens and mosses. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Wilmington Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Wilmington Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "A turf-cut hill figure known as The Long Man of Wilmington, 914m south-east of Acorn Barn (1002293)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Wilmington Downs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

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