Totternhoe Chalk Quarry
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox SSSI Totternhoe Chalk Quarry is a Script error: No such module "convert". biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Totternhoe in Bedfordshire.[1][2] Part of it lies in Totternhoe nature reserve, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3] The site is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]
The site is a disused medieval quarry [5] for Totternhoe stone, a durable chalk which was used for buildings including Westminster Abbey. The steeply sloping spoil heaps have developed into grasslands which have a wide variety of flowers, including orchids.[6] Grass chalkland is a habitat under threat, and the site has a number of rare plant species, including great pignut. It also has butterflies such as the chalkhill blue and the nationally rare Duke of Burgundy.[1]
There is access from a footpath between Sewell Cutting and Totternhoe and from Totternhoe Knolls, which is also part of Totternhoe nature reserve.
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- ↑ Trust noticeboard at the entrance to Totternhoe nature reserve near the National Trust car park
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- ↑ 1446: Common Plea Rolls; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no740/bCP40no740dorses/IMG_1965.htm, county margin Bed, second entry; plaintiffs: Wm Halle & John Heyworth, defendant John Prudde; "quaryour"
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