Quarry Moor
Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Quarry Moor?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Quarry Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, or SSSI, at the south edge of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, and adjacent to the A61 road. It contains an outcrop of Magnesian Limestone, exposed by former quarrying. 255 million years ago this limestone was the peripheral sediment of a tropical sea. The land was donated in 1945 to the people of Ripon by the town's mayor, Alderman Thomas Fowler Spence, a varnish manufacturer. The land was notified as an SSSI in 1986 because its calcareous grassland supported a large diversity of plant species. The site features a Schedule 8 protected plant, thistle broomrape.[1] The land is protected as a nature reserve, and it is also managed as a recreational area. Therefore, its calcareous grass area is fenced off for protection and study, but it also contains a car park, information signs, a children's play area, accessible paths, benches, and dog waste bins.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | North Yorkshire |
---|---|
Grid reference | SE309693 |
Coordinates | 54.1182°N 1.5260°W / 54.1182; -1.5260 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 7.5927 hectares (0.07593 km2; 0.02932 sq mi) |
Notification | 1 May 1986 |
Location map | Defra Magicmap |