Clapgate Pits

Clapgate Pits is a disused quarry near Broughton, Lincolnshire.

This 1.0 ha (2.5 acres) site has been managed by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust since 1996.

[1] It provides an environment for several plants which are rare in Lincolnshire: pale St John's-Wort, Squinancywort and Wall Germander.

Until 1969 it was the most northerly site in Britain for Pasqueflower but these plants were apparently dug up by vandals.

[1] The following mammals have been recorded in Clapgate Pits:[2]