Danks Down and Truckle Hill
![Green fields and a path on Danks Down North of Ford. A footpath (part of the Macmillan Way) leaves the Castle Combe Road to follow the right flank of Danks Down towards Long Dean. The path runs along the left-hand side of this picture, with the By Brook in the valley to the right and Long Dean hamlet in the wooded area in the middle distance.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Path_on_Danks_Down_-_geograph.org.uk_-_445720.jpg/220px-Path_on_Danks_Down_-_geograph.org.uk_-_445720.jpg)
Danks Down, showing a footpath (part of the Macmillan Way) on the left and By Brook in the valley to the right. Long Dean Hamlet in middle-distance.
Danks Down and Truckle Hill (grid reference ST834758) is a 13.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990.
Sources[]
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 August 2006)
External links[]
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
Coordinates: 51°28′52″N 2°14′23″W / 51.481°N 2.2397°W
Categories:
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1990
- English Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
- Wiltshire geography stubs