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'''Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill''' is a 332.2 [[hectare]] (820.9&nbsp;acre) [[Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest|geological]] and [[biological Site of Special Scientific Interest]] near the western end of the [[Mendip Hills]], [[Somerset]]. The line of hills runs for approximately {{convert|5|km}} from west to east and includes: '''Crook Peak''', '''Compton Hill''', '''Wavering Down''', '''Cross Plain''' and '''Shute Shelve Hill'''. Most of the site is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], which bought {{convert|725|acre}} in 1985,<ref>{{cite news|title=Trust fundraising push reached new heights|url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Trust-fundraising-push-reached-new-heights/story-12334854-detail/story.html|access-date=26 April 2015|work=Western Daily Press|date=9 September 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150426124654/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Trust-fundraising-push-reached-new-heights/story-12334854-detail/story.html|archive-date=26 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and much of it has been designated as [[common land]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crooks Peak and Compton Bishop Hill|url=http://common-land.com/lands/view/2468|publisher=Common Land in England|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> It was [[SSSI notification|notified]] as an SSSI by [[Natural England]] in 1952.
'''Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill''' is a 332.2 [[hectare]] (820.9&nbsp;acre) [[Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest|geological]] and [[biological Site of Special Scientific Interest]] near the western end of the [[Mendip Hills]], [[Somerset]]. The line of hills runs for approximately {{convert|5|km}} from west to east and includes: '''Crook Peak''', '''Compton Hill''', '''Wavering Down''', '''Cross Plain''' and '''Shute Shelve Hill'''. Most of the site is owned by the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]], which bought {{convert|725|acre}} in 1985,<ref>{{cite news|title=Trust fundraising push reached new heights|url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Trust-fundraising-push-reached-new-heights/story-12334854-detail/story.html|access-date=26 April 2015|work=Western Daily Press|date=9 September 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150426124654/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Trust-fundraising-push-reached-new-heights/story-12334854-detail/story.html|archive-date=26 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and much of it has been designated as [[common land]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crooks Peak and Compton Bishop Hill|url=http://common-land.com/lands/view/2468|publisher=Common Land in England|access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> It was [[SSSI notification|notified]] as an SSSI by [[Natural England]] in 1952.


The ecology of the area includes [[ancient woodland]] and [[calcareous grassland]] which supports nationally rare species including the [[Dianthus gratianopolitanus|Cheddar pink]]. The underlying rocks are [[Carboniferous Limestone]] containing [[phreatic]] caves at [[Shute Shelve Cavern]] and [[Picken's Hole]] from which fossils dating from the [[Last glacial period|Middle Devensian]] have been recovered.
The ecology of the area includes [[ancient woodland]] and [[calcareous grassland]] which supports nationally rare species including the [[Dianthus gratianopolitanus|Cheddar pink]]. The underlying rocks are [[Carboniferous Limestone]] containing [[phreatic]] caves at [[Shute]] Shelve Cavern and [[Picken's Hole]] from which fossils dating from the [[Last glacial period|Middle Devensian]] have been recovered.