Grace Dieu and High Sharpley explained

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley
Aos:Leicestershire
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:86.0 hectares
Notifydate:1983
Map: Magic Map

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley is an 86 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Coalville and Shepshed in Leicestershire.[1] [2] Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]

This site is composed of several fragments of the formerly extensive Charnwood Forest, and it has diverse habitats of heath, woodland, rock, scrub and acid grassland. Grace Dieu Quarry exhibits a thin marine Lower Carboniferous layer of Carboniferous Limestone, close to the Midland shoreline around 340 million years ago.[4]

Roads and footpaths go through some areas of the site.

References

52.748°N -1.352°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Grace Dieu and High Sharpley . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Grace Dieu and High Sharpley. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Grace Dieu (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 12 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Grace Dieu and High Sharpley citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 November 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041811/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000029.pdf. dead.