Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Avon |
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Grid reference | ST713698 |
Coordinates | 51°25′35″N 2°24′51″W / 51.42647°N 2.41418°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 30.8 acres (0.125 km2; 0.0481 sq mi) |
Notification | 1991 |
Natural England website |
Congrove Field and The Tumps is a ( grid reference ST713698) is a 14.2 hectares (35 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on Lansdown Hill, north of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991. [1] [2]
It is an area of calcareous grassland lying over Oolitic ( Jurassic) Limestone covered by shallow, well-drained soils. The Tumps is above Congrove Field, and is believed to be the site of mining activities in the past. The grassland communities present are of the Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum) type showing elements of both the Meadow Oat-grass- wild thyme (Avenula pratensis)–(Thymus praecox) and the Knapweed- Rough Hawkbit (Centaurea nigra)–(Leontodon hispidus) variants. [3]
The Tumps is also the name of an elevated area of woodland and open grassland in the southern outskirts of Bath, north of the Odd Down Sports Ground. [4]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Avon |
---|---|
Grid reference | ST713698 |
Coordinates | 51°25′35″N 2°24′51″W / 51.42647°N 2.41418°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 30.8 acres (0.125 km2; 0.0481 sq mi) |
Notification | 1991 |
Natural England website |
Congrove Field and The Tumps is a ( grid reference ST713698) is a 14.2 hectares (35 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on Lansdown Hill, north of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991. [1] [2]
It is an area of calcareous grassland lying over Oolitic ( Jurassic) Limestone covered by shallow, well-drained soils. The Tumps is above Congrove Field, and is believed to be the site of mining activities in the past. The grassland communities present are of the Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum) type showing elements of both the Meadow Oat-grass- wild thyme (Avenula pratensis)–(Thymus praecox) and the Knapweed- Rough Hawkbit (Centaurea nigra)–(Leontodon hispidus) variants. [3]
The Tumps is also the name of an elevated area of woodland and open grassland in the southern outskirts of Bath, north of the Odd Down Sports Ground. [4]