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Congrove Field and The Tumps

Coordinates: 51°25′35″N 2°24′51″W / 51.42647°N 2.41418°W / 51.42647; -2.41418
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Congrove Field and The Tumps
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Congrove Field and The Tumps is located in Somerset
Congrove Field and The Tumps
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST713698
Coordinates51°25′35″N 2°24′51″W / 51.42647°N 2.41418°W / 51.42647; -2.41418
InterestBiological
Area30.8 acres (0.125 km2; 0.0481 sq mi)
Notification1991 (1991)
Natural England website

Congrove Field and The Tumps is a (grid reference ST713698) is a 14.2 hectares (35 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on Lansdown Hill, north of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset, notified in 1991.[1][2]

It is an area of calcareous grassland lying over Oolitic (Jurassic) Limestone covered by shallow, well-drained soils. The Tumps is above Congrove Field, and is believed to be the site of mining activities in the past. The grassland communities present are of the Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum) type showing elements of both the Meadow Oat-grass-wild thyme (Avenula pratensis)(Thymus praecox) and the Knapweed-Rough Hawkbit (Centaurea nigra)(Leontodon hispidus) variants.[3]

The Tumps is also the name of an elevated area of woodland and open grassland in the southern outskirts of Bath, north of the Odd Down Sports Ground.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Congrove Field and The Tumps SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Congrove Field and The Tumps SSSI". MAGIC. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Congrove Field and the Tumps, Lansdown" (PDF). SSSI citation sheet. English Nature. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. ^ https://www.bathscape.co.uk/place/the-tumps/ Bathscape Project. Retrieved 31 March 2024