| 词条 | Gallows Hill SSSI, Wiltshire |
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| name = Gallows Hill | image = File:View towards Gallows Hill from Woodlands Down - geograph.org.uk - 338852.jpg | image_caption = View towards Gallows Hill | aos = | interest = Biological | gridref = {{gbmappingsmall|ST 952 244}} | coordinates = {{coord|51.019|-2.070|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | displaymap = Wiltshire | area = {{convert|27.8|ha|acre}} | notifydate = 1965 | cyref = | ID = | code = }} Gallows Hill SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest on the north side of the Ebble Valley in south Wiltshire. The area is chalk grassland and scrub which contains a number of animal and plant species that are nationally rare. The {{convert|27.8|ha|acre}} site was notified in 1965. The siteThe site includes three areas of a series of slopes with a range of aspects on a long ridge on a long ridge of Lower, Middle, and Upper Chalk formations.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} The site lies within the area of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} The OS grid reference for the site is ST 952 244.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} ImportanceThe site is important as an example of a species rich downland habitat.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} This type of habitat has been reduced across the country because of changes in agricultural practice.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} The site is notable for (in the grassland areas) Festuca ovina (sheep's fescue), Avenula pratensis (meadow oat-grass), Brachypodium pinnatum (tor-grass), and Polyommatus bellargus (Adonis Blue) - a nationally scarce species of butterfly, and in the scrub areas, Crataegus monogyna (common hawthorn), and Hedera helix (ivy).{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} HistoryGallows Hill SSSI was first notified in 1965 under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The notification was revised in 1975.{{r|Gallows Hill Citation}} References}} External links
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