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.