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Quantock Hills
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Upland scrub in the Quantocks
Country
England
County
Somerset
Districts
Taunton Deane, West Somerset, Sedgemoor
Location
-coordinates
5108?39?N 313?59?W? / ?51.14417 3.23306? / 51.14417; -3.23306Coordinates: 5108?39?N 313?59?W? / ?51.14417 3.23306? / 51.14417; -3.23306
Area
38sqmi(98km2)
-Biological SSSI
9.7sqmi(25km2)
Length
12mi (19km), northeastouthwest
Width
4mi (6km), northouth
Highest point
Wills Neck
-coordinates
5106?33?N 311?37?W? / ?51.10917 3.19361? / 51.10917; -3.19361
-elevation
1,261ft (384m)
Geology
Devonian
Plants
Heather, Bilberry
Animals
Palmate Newt, Red Deer
Managed by
Quantock Hills AONB
-location
Fyne Court, Broomfield, Bridgwater,
-coordinates
5104?52?N 306?56?W? / ?51.08111 3.11556? / 51.08111; -3.11556
Location of the Quantock Hills in the UK
Website : Quantock Hills AONB
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The Quantock Hills are a range of hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. The highest point on the Quantocks is Wills Neck, at 1,261feet (384m).[1] The hills are officially designated as the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The hills run from the Vale of Taunton Deane in the south, for about 15miles (24km) to the north-west, ending at East Quantoxhead and West Quantoxhead on the coast of the Bristol Channel. They form the western border of Sedgemoor and the Somerset Levels. From the top of the hills on a clear day, it is possible to see Glastonbury Tor and the Mendips to the east, Wales as far as the Gower peninsula to the north, the Brendon Hills and Exmoor to the west, and the Blackdown Hills to the south. Soil types and weather combine to support the hills' plants and animals. In 1970 an area of 6,194.5acres (2,506.9hectares) was designated as a Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2]
They have been occupied since prehistoric times with Bronze Age round barrows and Iron Age hill forts. Evidence from Roman times includes silver coins discovered in West Bagborough. In the later Saxon period, King Alfred led the resistance to Viking invasion, and Watchet was plundered by Danes in 987 and 997. The hills were fought over during the English Civil War and Monmouth rebellion but are now a peaceful area popular with tourists and walkers. They explore paths such as the Coleridge Way used by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who lived in Nether Stowey from 1797 to 1799, or visit places of interest such as Quantock Lodge.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Geology
3 Climate
4 Ecology
4.1 Flora
4.2 Fauna
5 History
6 Footpaths
7 Governance
8 Cultural references
9 Places of interest
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
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Etymology
The name first appears in Saxon charters in around AD 880 as Cantuctun and two centuries later in the Domesday Book as Cantoctona and Cantetone. The name means settlement by a rim or circle of hills;[3] Cantuc is Celtic for a rim or circle, and -ton or -tun is Old English for a settlement. An alternative meaning is ridge of the Welshman, probably referring to a Saxon tribe that fought a battle locally.[1]
Geology
Beach at Quantock's Head. The wave cut platform is visible at low tide below the short "cliff" exposing the rock strata.
The Quantock Hills are largely formed by rocks of the Devonian period, which consist of sediments originally laid down under a shallow sea and slowly compressed into solid rock. In the higher north-western areas older Early Devonian rocks known as Hangman Grits predominate[3] and can be seen in the exposed rock at West Quantoxhead quarry, which was worked for road building.[4] Further south there are newer Middle and Late Devonian rocks, known as Ilfracombe beds and Morte Slates.[4] These include sandstone and limestone, which have been quarried near Aisholt. At Great Holwell, south of Aisholt, is the only limestone cave in the Devonian limestone of North Devon and West Somerset.[4] The lower fringes around the hills are composed of younger New Red Sandstone rocks of the Triassic period.[5] These rocks were laid down in a shallow sea and often contain irregular masses or veins of gypsum, which was mined on the foreshore at Watchet.[4]
Several areas have outcrops of slates. Younger rocks of the Jurassic period can be found between St Audries and Kilve. This area falls within the Blue Anchor to Lilstock Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is considered to be of international...(and so on)
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