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Area of Search
  
Pembrokeshire

Area
  
49.9 ha

Grid reference
  
SM9756634637

Notification
  
1957

Esgyrn Bottom

Interest
  
Biological and Geological

Esgyrn Bottom is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (or SSSI) in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since January 1957 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological and geological elements. The site has an area of 49.9 hectares and is managed by Natural Resources Wales.

Type

This SSSI has been notified as being of both geological and biological importance.

It has 3 special features.

  • Raised Bog
  • Rare Mosses and Liverworts including: Sphagnum magellanicum and Sphagnum fuscum, and the liverworts Pallavicinia lyelii (Veilwort) and Cephaloziella elachista
  • Glacial Meltwater Channel and associated deposits

    • References

    Esgyrn Bottom Wikipedia
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