Thurstaston Common
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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 Location within Merseyside
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| Area of Search | Merseyside |
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| Grid reference | SJ245851 |
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| Interest | Biological and Geological |
| Area | 70.8 hectares, 174.9 acres (708,000 m2) |
| Notification | 1954 / 1983 |
| Natural England website | |
Royden Park and Thurstaston Common comprise an area of almost 250 acres of parklands, wood and heath at Frankby and Thurstaston respectively, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, England.
The Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest[1][2] and a Local Nature Reserve.[3][4][5] From the top of the 298 ft (91 m) Thurstaston Hill, on the Wirral Peninsula, are views of the Dee Estuary (itself an SSSI) and over the River Dee to the Clwydian Hills of Wales. The area is popular with walkers and families.
"Thor's Stone"
Thurstaston Hill is the location of Thor's Stone, a large sandstone outcrop and a place of romantic legend. In the 19th century it was supposed that early Viking settlers may have held religious ceremonies here. A visit to the site by members of the British Archaeological Association in 1888 heard an account by Rev. A. E. P. Gray, rector of Wallasey, that the 'Thor Stone' was also known in the locality as 'Fair Maiden's Hall' and that children were "in the habit of coming once a year to dance around the stone".[6] This part of Wirral was certainly part of a Norse colony centred on Thingwall in the 10th and 11th centuries. However, geologists and historians now think that the rock is a natural formation similar to a tor, arising from periglacial weathering of the sandstone, which was later exploited by quarrymen in the 18th and 19th centuries.[7]
Gallery
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Path into Thurstaston Common, School Lane (geograph 2990135).jpg
The path from School Lane.
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Pathway, Thurstaston Hill (geograph 2990385).jpg
Pathway on Thurstaston Hill.
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Towards Arrowe Park, Thurstaston Hill (geograph 2990341).jpg
Looking towards Arrowe Park and Liverpool.
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Point of Ayr Lighthouse, from Thurstaston Hill (geograph 2990362).jpg
The view to Point of Ayr.
References
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- Metropolitan Borough of Wirral: Royden Park & Thurstaston Common LNR
- Metropolitan Borough of Wirral: Thurstaston Common SSSI
- BBC: Thor's Stone
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