Steeple Langford Down
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Steeple Langford Down is a 21.75 hectare
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Steeple Langford
in Wiltshire
, notified in 1971.
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...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Steeple Langford
Steeple Langford
Steeple Langford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, six miles north west of Wilton. It has also been called Great Langford, or Langford Magna....
in Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, notified in 1971.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 8 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)