America Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Isle of Wight |
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Grid reference | SZ567820 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 21.4 hectare |
Notification | 1986 |
Location map | Natural England |
America Wood (grid reference SZ567820) is a 21.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight, notified in 1986. Legend has it that the name derives from the use of oak trees grown here to build ships utilised in the American War of Independence. However, the name Americas Wood appears on Andrews Map of the Island in 1769, six years before the outbreak of the War of Independence.
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References
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 5 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature (SSSI information)
- Site boundary map at English Nature's "Nature on the Map" website Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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- Alverstone Marshes
- America Wood
- Arreton Down
- Bembridge Down
- Bembridge School And Cliffs
- Bonchurch Landslips
- Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs
- Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges
- Briddlesford Copses
- Calbourne Down
- Colwell Bay
- Compton Chine to Steephill Cove
- Compton Down
- Cranmore
- Cridmore Bog
- Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses
- Freshwater Marshes
- Garstons Down
- Greatwood And Cliff Copses
- Headon Warren And West High Down
- King's Quay Shore
- Lacey's Farm Quarry
- Lake Allotments
- Locks Farm Meadow
- Medina Estuary
- Mottistone Down
- Newtown Harbour
- Northpark Copse
- Parkhurst Forest
- Priory Woods
- Prospect Quarry
- Rew Down
- Rowridge Valley
- Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek
- Shide Quarry
- St Lawrence Bank
- The Wilderness
- Thorness Bay
- Ventnor Downs
- Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges
- Yar Estuary
50°38′06″N 1°11′59″W / 50.63495°N 1.19961°W / 50.63495; -1.19961
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