Rushmore and Conholt Downs

Rushmore and Conholt Downs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 343 546
Interest	Biological
Area	111.5 hectares (276 acres)
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Rushmore and Conholt Downs is a 111.5-hectare (276-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Andover in Hampshire.^[1]^[2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[3]

These chalk downs have areas of grassland and scrub. There is also woodland, which is dominated by oak and ash with hazel coppice. A stand of juniper trees is over a hundred years old, and it is thought to be the oldest on chalk in England, with some trees over 6 metres (20 feet) tall.^[4]

References

51°17′24″N 1°30′36″W / 51.290°N 1.510°W / 51.290; -1.510

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