Natural England - 45. The North Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands
45. The North Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands
• Large scale 'upland' arable escarpment broadly divided into north and south by River Witham at Lincoln. Area broadens to south.
• Prominent scarp slope of Lincoln 'Cliff' marks western edge of area.
• Open landscape with rectilinear fields and few boundaries. Where enclosure still present, a mixture of limestone walls, discontinuous hedges and shelter belts.
• Sparse settlement on top of escarpment. Spring-line villages to west at foot of 'cliff' and small parklands to east towards the clay vale.
• Active and redundant airfields.
• More complex landscape of the northern section includes a double scarp, urbanisation and dereliction in Scunthorpe area, and the Coversands area of heath, blown sand habitats and conifer woods.
• Roman roads and ancient track ways such as Ermine Street or High Dyke follow north-south routes with one significant east-west route - Salter's Road. Green lanes occur in the southern area.
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