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King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift

Coordinates: 52°50′31″N 0°43′16″W / 52.842°N 0.721°W / 52.842; -0.721
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King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationLeicestershire
Lincolnshire
Grid referenceSK 864 282[1]
InterestBiological
Area23.9 hectares (59 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Map of King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow (1013184)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ Great Britain. Ordnance Survey. (1939). Map of Britain in the Dark Ages. South sheet. OCLC 24857038.
  5. ^ Historic England. "KING LUDS ENTRENCHMENTS (323540)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  6. ^ "King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

52°50′31″N 0°43′16″W / 52.842°N 0.721°W / 52.842; -0.721