Grangelands and Pulpit Hill

Grangelands and Pulpit Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest

The woods on the side of Pulpit Hill
Area of Search Buckinghamshire
Grid reference SP829050
Interest Biological
Area 25.5 hectares
Notification 1985
Location map Magic Map

Grangelands and Pulpit Hill is a 25.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cadsden in Buckinghamshire. It lies within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the planning authorities are Wycombe District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council.[1][2] Pulpit Hill is a National Trust site.[3]

The site has grassland and scrub, which support interesting breeding birds and invertebrates, such as glow-worms and marbled white and chalk hill blue butterflies. There are areas of mature beech woodland, with a sparse shrub layer of holly and elder.[1]

There is a small but well-preserved hillfort on the summit of Pulpit Hill, which dates to the late Bronze Age and Iron Age. It is a scheduled monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.[4][5]

The site is always open but accessiblity is difficult for anyone who is not able bodied, due to steep slopes and soft ground.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Grangelands and Pulpit Hill citation". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Map of Grangelands and Pulpit Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Chilterns Countryside". National Trust. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Small multivallate hillfort on Pulpit Hill". English Heritage. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pulpit Hill". The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Grangelands and Pulpit Hill". Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

Coordinates: 51°44′15″N 0°48′03″W / 51.7376°N 0.8009°W