Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TL 932 935 [1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 81.1 hectares (200 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Cranberry Rough is an 81.1-hectare (200-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Hockham, east of Attleborough in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, [3] and the Great Eastern Pingo Trail, which is a Local Nature Reserve, goes through the site. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] and it is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area. [5]
The area is the site of a former lake known as Hockham Mere, which was drained and dried up by the middle of the 18th century. [6] It has swamp woodland, grassland, tall fen and a network of ditches and pools, with a diverse range of wetland plants and insects, especially butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. Large areas are covered with sphagnum mosses. [7] Its biogenic sediments contain a late- Devensian & Holocene pollen record. [8]
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TL 932 935 [1] |
Interest | Biological Geological |
Area | 81.1 hectares (200 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1984 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Cranberry Rough is an 81.1-hectare (200-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the parish of Hockham, east of Attleborough in Norfolk. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, [3] and the Great Eastern Pingo Trail, which is a Local Nature Reserve, goes through the site. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] and it is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area. [5]
The area is the site of a former lake known as Hockham Mere, which was drained and dried up by the middle of the 18th century. [6] It has swamp woodland, grassland, tall fen and a network of ditches and pools, with a diverse range of wetland plants and insects, especially butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. Large areas are covered with sphagnum mosses. [7] Its biogenic sediments contain a late- Devensian & Holocene pollen record. [8]