Freshmoor
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Freshmoor is an 11.2 hectare
(27.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
, notified in 1989.
Freshmoor is one of the few remaining areas of unimproved wet acid-grassland and mire on the Blackdown Hills
.
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...
(27.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, notified in 1989.
Freshmoor is one of the few remaining areas of unimproved wet acid-grassland and mire on the Blackdown Hills
Blackdown Hills
The Blackdown Hills are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England, which were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1991....
.