Sir Arthur Tansley and the Tansley Stone
On top of Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, a few hundred metres from the Devil's Humps there is a monument to 20th century ecologist Sir Arthur Tansley - the so called Tansley Stone.Sir Arthur lobbied for decades to get Kingley Vale protected in some way and he was instrumental in getting it chosen at as National Nature Reserve.
The stone has been placed in a highly appropriate place.
It nestles into the woodland near the top of Bow Hill looking out over one of the most breathtaking views in the whole of Sussex.
You can see the amazing view from Bow Hill here
The Inscription on the stone reads:
In the midst of his nature reserve which he brought into being this stone calls to memory Sir Arthur George Tansley, FRS who during a long lifetime strove with success to widen the knowledge to deepen the love and to safeguard the heritage of nature in the British Isles.
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RELATED PAGES
- Woodend
- West Stoke
- Chilgrove and Monkton lost village
- Kingley Vale Nature Reserve
- Harting Hill
- Torberry Hill - an iron age camp
- Treyford Hill & the Devil's Jumps
NATURE RESERVES
- Local nature reserves in West Sussex
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Wednesday February 08