Jump to content

Dabble Bank

Coordinates: 54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W / 54.78472°N 1.43472°W / 54.78472; -1.43472
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dabble Bank
Map showing the location of Dabble Bank
Map showing the location of Dabble Bank
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationMAGiC MaP
Nearest city City of Durham
Coordinates54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W / 54.78472°N 1.43472°W / 54.78472; -1.43472
Area4.12 ha (10.2 acres)
Established2002
Governing bodyNatural England
WebsiteDabble Bank SSSI

Dabble Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Haswell and about 9 km east of the city of Durham.

The site is important for its communities of nationally scarce grassland on Magnesian Limestone and in particular for its unusual location, in a small valley cut into the limestone plateau. [1]

A feature of the site is grassland characterised by downy oat-grass, Avenula pubescens, this being a vegetation type which nationally has a scattered distribution on lowland limestones and which is rare in County Durham. Among the species found is the pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, which is rare in the county.[1]


References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Dabble Bank : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.