Hinton Charterhouse Field

Hinton Charterhouse Field
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Avon
Grid reference ST764574
Coordinates 51°18′55″N 2°20′24″W / 51.31522°N 2.34000°W / 51.31522; -2.34000Coordinates: 51°18′55″N 2°20′24″W / 51.31522°N 2.34000°W / 51.31522; -2.34000
Interest Biological
Area 0.32 hectares (0.0032 km2; 0.0012 sq mi)
Notification 1991 (1991)
Natural England website

Hinton Charterhouse Field (grid reference ST764574) is a 0.32 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near the village of Hinton Charterhouse in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991.

The site is situated on a west-facing slope of a shallow valley of the Cotswolds to the south of Bath and is underlain by Oolitic Limestone. The sward contains a population of the nationally rare Field Eryngo (Eryngium campestre).[1]

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