St Nectan's Glen
Coordinates: 50°39′53″N 4°43′09″W / 50.6648°N 4.7192°W
Saint Nectan's Glen is an area of woodland in Trethevy near Tintagel, north Cornwall stretching for around one mile along both banks of the Trevillet River. The glen's most prominent feature is St Nectan's Kieve, a spectacular sixty foot waterfall.
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[edit] Flora and fauna
As a result of the glen's flora and fauna it was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985.[1] The damp shade provided by the glen supports a rich bryophyte flora, including two rare liverworts Jubula hutchinsiae and Trichocolea tomentella, and the mosses Fissidens curnovii and Fissidens osmundoides. Dippers (Cinclus cinclus) also nest in the rocks near Saint Nectan's Kieve.[1]
[edit] Notable buildings
There is a late nineteenth or early twentieth century half-timbered private residence known as The Hermitage, supposedly constructed on the remains of a Celtic chapel.[2] Further downstream are the brick remains of a pottery which was destroyed in a fire in the mid-twentieth century.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "St Nectan's Glen". Natural England. 1985. http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000274.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ The History and Legend of the Hermitage and Waterfall, St. Nectan's Glen, Tintagel, leaflet, 2007
