Chanctonbury Hill
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Chanctonbury Ring | |
| Location | West Sussex |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 140 119[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 82.7 hectares (204 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1985[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Chanctonbury Hill is an 82.7-hectare (204-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Steyning in West Sussex.[1][2] Part of it is Chanctonbury Ring, an early Iron Age hillfort which contains two Romano-Celtic temples and which is a Scheduled Monument.[3]
This site on the steep slope of the South Downs is mainly woodland with some areas of chalk grassland. A dew pond has great crested newts, a species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. More than sixty species of breeding birds have been recorded, including meadow pipits, corn buntings and green woodpeckers.[4]
