Lang's Farm
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Lang's Farm is a 7.5 hectare
(18.5 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Oake
and Bradford on Tone
in Somerset
, notified in 1990.
This site is an example of unimproved, herb-rich neutral grassland
of a type now rare in Britain.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
(18.5 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Oake
Oake
Oake is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 695....
and Bradford on Tone
Bradford on Tone
Bradford on Tone is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district...
in Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, notified in 1990.
This site is an example of unimproved, herb-rich neutral grassland
Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
of a type now rare in Britain.