Lordswell Field

Lordswell Field or Lord's Well Field is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Eriswell in Suffolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3]

Lordswell Field
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSuffolk
Grid referenceTL 725 801[1]
InterestBiological
Area3.2 hectares[1]
Notification1983[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This area of calcareous Breckland heath has a rich variety of flora including two nationally rare plants, spanish catchfly and perennial knawel, the latter of which is protected under Section 13 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. There is also an area of lichen heath.[4]

There is access from the B1112 road.

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References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Lordswell Field". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. "Map of Lordswell Field". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. "Lord's Well Field citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 June 2017.

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