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A Marilyn is a hill of any height with a drop of 150 metres or more on all sides. In other words, a relatively high hill. The
Marilyns in Britain and the Isle of Man are listed in a book called The Relative Hills of Britain (RHB) by Alan Dawson, published by Cicerone Press in April 1992. Details of
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Outstanding Natural Beauty. Long Knoll is the most westerly part of the remains of a chalk plateau. It forms a ridge that runs east and west for about a mile, and is 60 m (200 ft) higher than the surrounding land. The south-facing slope has a mosaic of longer and shorter turfs and
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to the north. The ridge is 288 metres (945 ft) above sea level at its highest point and it is possible to view
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The north-facing slope, by contrast, has more mosses and bryophytes on the closely grazed turf, with
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The hill is the site of the 34.2-hectare (85-acre) Long Knoll biological
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is an unusual species to find on chalk soils, and other herbs include
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subsequent changes have been published in a series of updates.
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Biological Sites of
Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
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Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971
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1062:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
152:) is a hill in the west of the English county of
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299:and an abundance of devil's-bit scabious.
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329:"Long Knoll and Little Knoll, Kilmington"
197:Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs
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310:of at least 150 metres (492 ft).
200:has a mixture of grasses, sedges and
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770:Lower Coombe and Ferne Brook Meadows
189:Site of Special Scientific Interest
695:Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs
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381:. The Relative Hills of Britain.
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302:Long Knoll is categorised as a
890:Scratchbury & Cotley Hills
750:Langley Wood and Homan's Copse
720:Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
327:Timlett, Paul (7 April 2019).
18:Mountain in Wiltshire, England
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765:Loosehanger Copse and Meadows
500:Brickworth Down and Dean Hill
775:Lower Woodford Water Meadows
605:Dank's Down and Truckle Hill
585:Colerne Park and Monk's Wood
195:in 1971, and is part of the
990:Wylye and Church Dean Downs
565:Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows
525:Calstone and Cherhill Downs
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730:Knapp and Barnett's Downs
680:Harries Ground, Rodbourne
590:The Coombes, Hinton Parva
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905:Starveall and Stony Down
875:Roundway Down and Covert
650:Goldborough Farm Meadows
61:171 m (561 ft)
820:Picket and Clanger Wood
795:North Meadow, Cricklade
735:Knighton Downs and Wood
610:Distillery Farm Meadows
445:Baverstock Juniper Bank
35:Long view of Long Knoll
915:Stockton Wood and Down
755:Little Grubbins Meadow
545:Chilton Foliat Meadows
510:Britford Water Meadows
308:topographic prominence
950:Upper Waterhay Meadow
910:Steeple Langford Down
450:Bencroft Hill Meadows
925:Stratford Toney Down
920:Stoke Common Meadows
780:Midford Valley Woods
655:Great Cheverell Hill
615:East Harnham Meadows
250:clustered bellflower
246:devil's-bit scabious
222:common quaking-grass
1072:Marilyns of England
930:Sutton Lane Meadows
625:Emmett Hill Meadows
595:Cotswold Water Park
540:Chickengrove Bottom
460:Bincknoll Dip Woods
254:early purple orchid
170:King Alfred's Tower
156:. It is a ridge of
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1007:Neighbouring areas
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285:crested hair-grass
41:Highest point
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635:Fonthill Grottoes
535:Chilmark Quarries
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440:River Avon System
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358:. Natural England
273:tufted hair-grass
164:to the south and
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895:Silbury Hill
815:Pewsey Downs
800:Odstock Down
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740:Landford Bog
715:River Kennet
710:Jones's Mill
665:Gutch Common
645:Gallows Hill
640:Fyfield Down
620:Ebsbury Down
570:Clout's Wood
455:Bentley Wood
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360:. Retrieved
353:"Long Knoll"
332:. Retrieved
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262:kidney vetch
230:salad burnet
191:, which was
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72:Beacon Batch
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1036:Oxfordshire
840:Porton Down
830:Pike Corner
580:Cockey Down
575:Coate Water
470:Botley Down
218:heath-grass
67:Parent peak
1056:Categories
940:River Till
825:Piggledene
760:Long Knoll
660:Great Yews
379:"Marilyns"
314:References
297:fairy flax
281:red fescue
162:Kilmington
141:Long Knoll
132:Landranger
57:Prominence
24:Long Knoll
1031:Hampshire
1016:Berkshire
900:Spye Park
855:Rack Hill
805:Out Woods
675:Hang Wood
560:Cley Hill
530:Camp Down
234:rock-rose
154:Wiltshire
99:Wiltshire
90:Geography
47:Elevation
1041:Somerset
670:Ham Hill
480:Box Mine
362:24 March
334:25 March
193:notified
149:ST794376
124:Topo map
116:ST786376
95:Location
304:Marilyn
226:cowslip
110:OS grid
103:England
84:Marilyn
79:Listing
1021:Dorset
238:betony
176:, the
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202:forbs
1011:Avon
364:2020
336:2020
283:and
264:and
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