Cranberry Rough, Hockham

Cranberry Rough, Hockham
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Norfolk
Grid reference	TL 932 935[1]
Interest	Biological; Geological
Area	81.1 hectares (200 acres)[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Cranberry Rough, Hockham is an 81.1-hectare (200-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Attleborough in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and the Great Eastern Pingo Trail, which is a Local Nature Reserve, goes through the site. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site,[4] and it is part of the Breckland Special Protection Area.[5]

This former lake has swamp woodland, grassland, tall fen and a network of ditches and pools. It has a diverse range of wetland plants and insects, especially butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies. Large areas are covered with sphagnum mosses.[6] Its biogenic sediments contain a late-Devensian & Holocene pollen record.[7]

References

"Designated Sites View: Cranberry Rough, Hockham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
"Map of Cranberry Rough, Hockham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 214. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
"Hockham Mere (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
"Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Areass. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
"Cranberry Rough, Hockham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
Bennett, K. D. (November 1983). "Devensian Late-Glacial and Flandrian Vegetational History at Hockham Mere, Norfolk, England. I. Pollen Percentages and Concentrations". The New Phytologist. 95 (3): 457–487. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03512.x. JSTOR 2434313.

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[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Cranberry Rough, Hockham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[map-2] "Map of Cranberry Rough, Hockham". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[3] Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 214. ISBN 0521-21403-3.

[4] "Hockham Mere (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[5] "Designated Sites View: Breckland". Special Protection Areass. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[6] "Cranberry Rough, Hockham citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

[7] Bennett, K. D. (November 1983). "Devensian Late-Glacial and Flandrian Vegetational History at Hockham Mere, Norfolk, England. I. Pollen Percentages and Concentrations". The New Phytologist. 95 (3): 457–487. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03512.x. JSTOR 2434313.