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Stelling Minnis Common
Privately owned
Bus numbers - 558
Access from Bossingham Road, north of Stelling Minnis
village. GR 145475
A 'minnis' is a privately owned
area of land with ancient rights for commoners and in this case "the
right to air and exercise". Although, traditionally, the minnis would
have been grazed it is now managed by cutting. |
Common centaury - a common plant of acid grasslands
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The acidic soils give rise
to acid grassland and heathland, characterised by
heather and the yellow flowers of common and western gorse (the latter
being rare in south-east England). Other plants include heath bedstraw and
wavy hair-grass. The common is also important for the insect life under
your feet, including the ferocious-looking horned minotaur beetle, mining
bees and solitary wasps.
For volunteering, guided walk details and other
information: White Cliffs Countryside Project 01303 274806
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