Fonthill Grottoes

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Fonthill Grottoes is a 0.69 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in woodland adjacent to Fonthill Lake in Wiltshire, notified in 1994. Its SSSI designation is due to its roosting bats: the site is the sixth largest hibernaculum in Britain.

The site consists of three subterranean follies, constructed in the 18th century, split between two areas, one on the western side of the lake, at grid reference ST933316 and one on the eastern side at grid reference ST937315.

The three follies are named "The Dark Walks", "The Hermitage" and "The Quarry".

The site is used as a hibernation roost site by up to 207 bats of up to nine species. Greater and Lesser Horseshoe Bats are among seven species which roost here on a regular basis, and Bechstein's Bat and Barbastelle, two species rare in Britain, have each been recorded on several occasions.


 
Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

Acres Farm Meadow | Baverstock Juniper Bank | Bencroft Hill Meadows | Bincknoll Dip Woods | Bowerchalke Downs | Box Mine | Bratton Downs | Burcombe Down | Burderop Wood | Calstone And Cherhill Downs | Camp Down | Chilmark Quarries | Fonthill Grottoes | Scratchbury & Cotley Hills | Throope Down | Tytherington Down | Upton Cow Down | Winklebury Hill | Winsley Mines | Yarnbury Castle
Neighbouring areas: Avon | Berkshire | Dorset | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Oxfordshire | Somerset
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