Shortheath: Cranberry on the Mire
Shortheath Common is Special Area of Conservation due to its impressive ‘floating’ transition mire, which serves to encourage a more diverse range of flora and fauna than the other heathland sites.
Thriving around the site are flowering water crowfoot and insectivorous sundew but it is also covered by the cranberry vaccinium oxycoccos which is rarely found in the south of England.
The Sandstone Sculpture found here reflects the watery nature of the common, holds water and is designed so that will change over time with its surroundings.