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Lodge Hill, Buckinghamshire

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Buckinghamshire

Interest
  
Biological

Area
  
32 ha

Notification
  
1984

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Lodge Hill is a 31.8 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Bledlow Ridge in Buckinghamshire. The local planning authorities are Wycombe District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council. The site is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and The Ridgeway long distance footpath crosses it.

There is evidence of prehistoric activity on the site. There are two late Neolithic or early Bronze Age round barrows, with fragments of Beaker culture pottery. There is also the remains of an Iron Age settlement.

The site is chalk grassland and scrub which is notable for its invertebrates, including butterflies. It has a rare snail, Abide secale, and populations of badgers and slow-wormss.

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Lodge Hill, Buckinghamshire Wikipedia