Winkelbury Hill () is a 62.95
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 a ...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in
Berwick St John
Berwick St John is a village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England, about east of Shaftesbury in Dorset.
The parish includes the Ashcombe Park estate, part of the Ferne Park estate, and most of Rushmore Park (since 1939 the home ...
parish, south-west
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
, England. The site is on the southern flank of the
Ebble valley and was
notified in 1971 for its herb-rich unimproved chalk grassland, which has some nationally scarce plants and butterflies.
References
External links
MAGiC mapDesignated site summary–
Natural England
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Winklebury Hillfortat The Modern Antiquarian
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971
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