Le Pinacle is a natural stack where artifacts dating from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age, have been found, as well as the ruins of a Gallo-Roman temple.
landes, forest, france, landes, forest, area, coastal, heathland, north, west, jersey, been, designated, site, special, interest, since, 1996, rouge, headland, site, largest, kind, jersey, contents, site, special, interest, wildlife, birds, other, animals, arc. For the forest in France see Landes forest Les Landes is an area of coastal heathland in the north west of Jersey It has been designated as a Site of Special Interest SSI since 1996 1 Rouge Nez is a headland at Les LandesThe site is the largest of its kind in Jersey at 160 ha Contents 1 Site of Special Interest 2 Wildlife 2 1 Birds 2 2 Other animals 3 Archaeological sites 3 1 La Cotte a la Chevre 3 2 Le Pinacle 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSite of Special Interest editLes Landes was designated as an SSI for its landscape wildlife archaeology and geological features 1 Wildlife edit nbsp A pond at Les Landes JerseyMost of the site is covered in heathers such as Erica and Calluna and gorse 2 Other plants which grow here include Molinia caerulea and bracken Ponds and other wetland areas are home to the common toad Birds edit Birds found at Les Landes include the Eurasian skylark European stonechat Dartford warbler meadow pipit common raven common linnet western jackdaw barn swallow northern wheatear western yellow wagtail Eurasian dotterel European golden plover Eurasian wryneck ring ouzel western marsh harrier hen harrier merlin peregrine falcon and short eared owl 2 Other animals edit Other animals which live at Les Landes include the European rabbit western green lizard slowworm bank vole small emperor moth bloody nosed beetle and green tiger beetle 2 Archaeological sites editLa Cotte a la Chevre edit This is a middle paleolithic occupation site featuring a small cave Flints and a hand axe have been found here 3 Le Pinacle edit Main article Le Pinacle Le Pinacle is a natural stack where artifacts dating from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods the Bronze Age and the Iron Age have been found as well as the ruins of a Gallo Roman temple See also editBattery MoltkeReferences edit a b Les Landes SSI Gov je 26 July 2012 Archived from the original on 5 February 2013 Retrieved 16 February 2013 a b c Les Landes Birds on the edge Retrieved 16 February 2013 Jeremy Percival La Cotte a la Chevre Prehistoricjersey net Retrieved 16 February 2013 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Les Landes 49 15 04 N 2 14 58 W 49 2511 N 2 2495 W 49 2511 2 2495 nbsp This Jersey location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Les Landes amp oldid 1122963620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,