Cranberry Rough
Cranberry Rough is a heathland in the parish of Hockham, east of Attleborough in Norfolk. It has two hundred acres that are designated a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][2]
The Rough is a Nature Conservation Review site,[3] and the Great Eastern Pingo Trail, a rail-trail walk which is also a Local Nature Reserve, goes through the site. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site,[4] and it is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area.[5]
The area is the site of a former lake known as Hockham Mere, which was drained and dried up by the middle of the 18th century.[6] It has swamp woodland, grassland, tall fen and a network of ditches and pools, with a diverse range of wetland plants and insects, especially butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. Large areas are covered with sphagnum mosses.[7] Its biogenic sediments contain a late-Devensian & Holocene pollen record.[8]
Location
- Location map: 52°30’18"N, 0°50’42"E
- Streetmap: TL932935
References
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Cranberry Rough, Hockham
- ↑ "Map of Cranberry Rough, Hockham". Natural England. http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001552%27. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 214. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ↑ "Hockham Mere (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2319. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Natural England. https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9009201&SiteName=&countyCode=29&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Cranberry Rough". Breaking New Ground. http://www.breakingnewground.org.uk/earthheritagetrail/cranberry-rough/. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ↑ "Cranberry Rough, Hockham citation". Natural England. https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1001552.pdf. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ Bennett, K. D. (November 1983). "Devensian Late-Glacial and Flandrian Vegetational History at Hockham Mere, Norfolk, England. I. Pollen Percentages and Concentrations". The New Phytologist 95 (3): 457–487. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03512.x.