ROADSIDE VERGES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST
SITE NO: West 79
DATE FIRST NOTIFIED: 2000
GRID REF: SY 56639141 - 56969135
ROAD NO: A35
ROAD NAME: Junction with
Broom Hill Road.
SIDE OF ROAD: North
LENGTH OF ROAD: 400m.
SPECIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
Primula veris – Cowslip
Sanguisorba pratensis – Salad Barnet
Succisa Pratensis – Devil’s-bit Scabious
Hippocrepis comosa – Horseshoe Vetch
CUTTING PRESCRIPTION:
Avoid before end of June.
OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST:
• Very wide verge unlikely to be affected by normal cutting.
• Not necessary to mark.
• Chalk grassland with many Dorset notables.
WEST 79 - JUNCTION WITH BROOM HILL ROAD