Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs is a

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle ...

(SSSI) in

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...

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. It has been designated as a SSSI since January 1954 in an attempt to protect its fragile biological and geological elements.Countryside Council for Wales website (Natural Resources Wales since 2013)
accessdate: 30 December 2013 The site, which runs along a coastal strip some six miles in length on the western edge of the

Strumble Head Strumble Head () is a rocky headland in the community of Pencaer in Pembrokeshire, Wales, within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It marks the southern limit of Cardigan Bay. Three islands lie off the head: ''Ynys Meicel'' – – ''Y ...

promontory, broadly covers the area from

Strumble Head Lighthouse Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicel (from Welsh: St. Michael's Island), also known as Strumble Head, a rocky island at the northwest corner of Pencaer area, five miles west of the town of Fishguard, in northern Pembrokeshire, Wales. ...

(on Ynys Meicel) in the north to the cliff named ''Llech Dafad'' in

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('sheep slab'), spelt as two separate words on

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maps, in the south. The SSSI has an area of 204.63 hectares. It is managed by

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. The nearest large settlement is the town of

Goodwick Goodwick (; ) is a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, immediately west of its twin town of Fishguard. Fishguard and Goodwick form a community that wraps around Fishguard Bay. As well as the two towns, it consists of Dyffryn, Stop-and-Call, H ...

, some four miles away, on the east side of the Strumble Head promontory.

Features

This SSSI has been notified as being of both geological and biological importance. It has six special features: * Maritime cliffs, ledges, and crevices * Coastal grassland * Coastal heath * Dry heath * Rare plants * Geology: Ordovician igneous and associated rocks This diversity of habitats supports a wide range of species, including the

chough A chough ( ) is any of two species of passerine birds that constitute the genus ''Pyrrhocorax'' of the Corvidae (crow) family. These are the red-billed chough (''Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax'') and the Alpine chough (or yellow-billed chough) (''Pyr ...

and the small blue butterfly.

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External links

Natural Resources Wales website
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Pembrokeshire Cliffs of Pembrokeshire

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