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Map of SSSIs in Cornwall within the UK St Michael's Mount, a SSSI in west Cornwall There are 167 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly ). Cornwall , in the south-west of England, UK, has a population of 575,413 (2022) across an area of 3,545 km 2 (875,988.6 acres), making it one of the least ...
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall (1 C, 121 P) Pages in category "Science and technology in Cornwall" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
County Geology Site (often abbreviated to CGS) is a conservation designation in the British Isles, used in parts of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. In the UK the designation confers no statutory protection, unlike SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest).
Tresayes Quarry is a nature reserve near Roche in Cornwall. It is also a geological nature reserve of Cornwall Wildlife Trust and is designated as a (non-statutory) County Geology Site. [1] The entrance to the reserve has a small car park with a gate at ///leader.tango.speakers There is a geology trail [2] linking Roche Rock to Tresayes Quarry.
The site was chosen as the research site because the granite in the area has the highest heat flow in England (120 milliwatts per square metre). [2] The trials began in 1977 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis and an earlier trial in the United States at Fenton Hill. The trials at Rosemanowes concluded in 1980, although studies continued until ...
The 139.5-hectare (345-acre) site, notified in 1951, is situated on the south Cornish coast of the English Channel, 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of the city of Truro.It starts at Creek Stephen Point in the west, following the coast of Gerrans Bay to Nare Head and then on to Manare Point, near Portloe in the east and also includes Gull Rock off the coast.
The West Cornwall Bryophytes Site of Special Scientific Interest is a group of seven locations of former mining activity, that form a single SSSI and Important Plant Area in western Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The site is noted for its biological characteristics and derives its name from the rare bryophyte species found there.