Grace Dieu and High Sharpley

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PLACE

Grace Dieu and High Sharpley
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Spring In Grace Dieu Wood
Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK 438 173
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	86.0 hectares
Notification	1983
Location 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. Grace Dieu Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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.

Roads and footpaths go through some areas of the site.

References

^ "Designated Sites View: Grace Dieu and High Sharpley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Map of Grace Dieu and High Sharpley". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Grace Dieu (Dinantian of Northern England & North Wales)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
"Grace Dieu and High Sharpley citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

52°44′53″N 1°21′07″W / 52.748°N 1.352°W / 52.748; -1.352

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire

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