Pig Hill
Pig Hill | |
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Country | England |
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Region | North East |
District | Easington |
Location | NZ365444 NZ366445 |
- coordinates | GB-ENG 54°47′38″N 1°25′56″W / 54.79389°N 1.43222°WCoordinates: GB-ENG 54°47′38″N 1°25′56″W / 54.79389°N 1.43222°W |
Area | 12.6 ha (31.1 acres) |
Notification | 1992 |
Management | Natural England |
Area of Search | County Durham |
Interest | Biological |
Location of Pig Hill SSSI, Co Durham | |
Website: Map of site | |
Pig Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of north-east County Durham, England, situated 1 km south of the village of Easington Lane.
The steep hill slopes support an extensive area of primary magnesian limestone grassland in which blue moor-grass, Sesleria albicans, is abundant. The rich assemblage of grassland species includes a number of rare and local species, bird's-eye primrose, Primula farinosa, adder's-tongue fern, Ophioglossum vulgatum, lesser club-moss, Selaginella selaginoides, and grass of Parnassus, Parnassia palustris, as well as an inland colony of sea plantain, Plantago maritima.[1]
Notable among the fauna is the Durham Argus butterfly, Aricia artaxerxes salmacis, a form which is only found in the magnesian limestone areas of Durham.
References
- ↑ "Pig Hill" (PDF). English Nature. 1992. Retrieved 31 July 2010.