Adventurers' Land
Encyclopedia
Adventurers' Land is a 10.1 hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire
, notified in 1989. The name derives from the 17th century use of the word 'adventurers' to refer to the investors who financed the draining and development of the fen http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/page76.html.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, notified in 1989. The name derives from the 17th century use of the word 'adventurers' to refer to the investors who financed the draining and development of the fen http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/page76.html.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 22 July 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)