Great Casterton Road Banks | |
Aos: | Lincolnshire |
Interest: | Biological |
Coordinates: | 52.663°N -0.514°W |
Area: | 0.4ha |
Notifydate: | 1985 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Great Casterton Road Banks is a 0.4hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Stamford in Lincolnshire.[1] [2] It is managed by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.[3]
This small site has calcareous grassland on Eastern Jurassic Limestone, and it is dominated by upright brome and tor-grass. It is the only site in the county which has sulphur clover, and it has two other regionally rare species, greater broomrape and perennial flax.[4]
There is access from Old Great North Road.