Hinton Charterhouse Field () is a 0.32

hectare The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100- metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is ...

biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of

Hinton Charterhouse __NOTOC__ Hinton may refer to: Places Australia *Hinton, New South Wales Canada * Hinton, Alberta ** Hinton/Entrance Airport ** Hinton/Jasper-Hinton Airport **Hinton CN railway station England * Hinton, Dorset, a civil parish **Hinton Martell, D ...

Bath and North East Somerset Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. It is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset. T ...

, United Kingdom. It was SSSI notified in 1991. The site is situated on a west-facing slope of a shallow valley of the

Cotswolds The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale. The area is defined by the bedrock of Ju ...

to the south of

Bath Bath may refer to: * Bathing, immersion in a fluid ** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body ** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe * Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities Plac ...

and is underlain by Oolitic

Limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms wh ...

. The sward contains a population of the nationally rare

Field Eryngo ''Eryngium campestre'', known as field eryngo, or Watling Street thistle, is a species of ''Eryngium'', which is used medicinally. A member of the family Apiaceae, eryngo is a hairless, thorny perennial plant. The leaves are tough and stiff, wh ...

''(Eryngium campestre)''.English Nature citation sheet for the site
(accessed on 16 July 2006)

References

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon Bath and North East Somerset Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1991 {{England-SSSI-stub