Chanctonbury Hill

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Chanctonbury Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Chanctonbury Ring
Location West Sussex
Grid reference TQ 140 119 [1]
InterestBiological
Area82.7 hectares (204 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Chanctonbury Hill is an 82.7-hectare (204-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Steyning in West Sussex. [1] [2] Part of it is Chanctonbury Ring, an early Iron Age hillfort which contains two Romano-Celtic temples and which is a Scheduled Monument. [3]

This site on the steep slope of the South Downs is mainly woodland with some areas of chalk grassland. A dew pond has great crested newts, a species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. More than sixty species of breeding birds have been recorded, including meadow pipits, corn buntings and green woodpeckers. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. "Map of Chanctonbury Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. Historic England. "Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples (1015114)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. "Chanctonbury Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

Coordinates: 50°53′42″N0°22′48″W / 50.895°N 0.380°W / 50.895; -0.380