King's Sedgemoor is a piece of rich animal habitat and farming land, that forms part of the
Somerset Levels and Moors in
South West England
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.
The area of King's Sedgemoor fell within the
Whitley Hundred
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100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
,
It is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle ...
, at the centre of the larger Altcar series peat basin of King’s Sedgemoor; lying between the
Sowy River to the west,
Cradle Bridge to the east and extending to the south over
Beer Wall into part of
Aller Moor. It is adjacent to the
Greylake SSSI.
King's Sedgemoor Drain
King's Sedgemoor Drain is an artificial drainage channel which diverts the River Cary in Somerset, England, along the southern flank of the Polden Hills, to discharge into the River Parrett at Dunball near Bridgwater. As the name suggests ...
, originally constructed in 1797-8, proved inadequate for draining the village of
Chedzoy's moors, so in 1861 the Chedzoy Internal Drainage District built a small pumping station on the
River Parrett
The River Parrett is a river that flows through the counties of Dorset and Somerset in South West England, from its source in the Thorney Mills springs in the hills around Chedington in Dorset. Flowing northwest through Somerset and the So ...
, in
Westonzoyland parish, to drain the Chedzoy moors southwards.
References
External links
1771 Parliamentary summary on petitions for/against drainageAngling in Somerset - guide to King's Sedgmoor DrainMap - Inclosure of King's Sedgemoor 1795
{{SSSIs Somerset biological
Geography of Somerset
Somerset Levels
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset