Monkswood Valley
Encyclopedia
Monkswood Valley is a 30.7 hectare
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Cold Ashton
, South Gloucestershire
, notified in 1990.
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...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Cold Ashton
Cold Ashton
Cold Ashton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The village church has a 14th century tower and the rest of the church was rebuilt in the 16th century by Thomas Key, its rector....
, South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
, notified in 1990.
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 July 2006)