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St Dunstan's Farm Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationEast Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 607 193
InterestBiological
Area10.2 hectares (25 acres)
Notification1992
Location mapMagic Map

St Dunstan's Farm Meadows is a 10.2-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Heathfield in East Sussex. It is in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

This site has three unimproved meadows which are traditionally managed. They are dominated by red fescue and common bent grass and other flora include sweet vernal-grass, pignut, sheep's sorrel and field woodrush.

A footpath crosses one of the fields.

References

  1. ^ "Designated Sites View: St Dunstan's Farm Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. "Map of St Dunstan's Farm Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. Russell, Peter (July 2005). "Grassland Fungi and the Management History of St Dunstan's Farm". Field Mycology. 6 (3). doi:10.1016/S1468-1641(10)60317-9.
  4. "St Dunstan's Farm Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

External links

50°57′04″N 0°17′10″E / 50.951°N 0.286°E / 50.951; 0.286

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex
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