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Dabble Bank

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Dabble Bank
Map showing the location of Dabble Bank
Map showing the location of Dabble Bank
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationMAGiC MaP
Nearest city City of Durham
Coordinates54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W / 54.78472°N 1.43472°W / 54.78472; -1.43472
Area4.12 ha (10.2 acres)
Established2002
Governing bodyNatural England
WebsiteDabble Bank SSSI

Dabble Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Haswell and about 9 km east of the city of Durham.

The site is important for its communities of nationally scarce grassland on Magnesian Limestone and in particular for its unusual location, in a small valley cut into the limestone plateau. [1]

A feature of the site is grassland characterised by downy oat-grass, Avenula pubescens, this being a vegetation type which nationally has a scattered distribution on lowland limestones and which is rare in County Durham. Among the species found is the pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, which is rare in the county.[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b "Dabble Bank : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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