King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Leicestershire Lincolnshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SK 864 282[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 23.9 hectares (59 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift is a 23.9 hectares (59 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and is east of Croxton Kerrial.[1][2] King Lud's Entrenchments is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[3]
King Lud's Entrenchments is also known as King Lud's Intrenchments[3] or King Lud's Banks.[4] The site has not been excavated and its date is unknown. It has been thought of as a Saxon boundary ditch, but aerial photographic work has suggested that it may be part of an extensive prehistoric boundary system extending from Northamptonshire to the Humber and termed `the Jurassic spine'.[5]
This site has limestone grassland with tor-grass, cock's foot, crested dog's-tail and red fescue. Herbs include salad burnet, field scabious, germander speedwell and perforate St John's-wort, and there is also some broad-leaved semi-natural woodland.[6]
There is access to the site and The Drift is part of the Viking Way long-distance trail.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Map of King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b Historic England. "King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow (1013184)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. (1939). Map of Britain in the Dark Ages. South sheet. OCLC 24857038.
- ^ Historic England. "KING LUDS ENTRENCHMENTS (323540)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ "King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
