Fulbourn Fen
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Fulbourn Fen is a 27.3-hectare (67-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is privately owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]
There are ancient meadows on
There is access by a track from Stonebridge Lane.[3]
There are eight separately named woods in Fulbourn Fen:[5]
- The Cringles - north & north-east
- Moat Wood - north-west
- Thackets Wood - west
- Ansett's Wood - south-west
- Old Orchard - south
- Hancock's Wood - central
- Widow's Wood - south-east
- Old Orchard - south
and five separate meadows:
- Ox Meadow - west
- Moat Meadow - north-west - the site of the remains of Zouches Manor
- Long Fen Pasture - central
- East Fen Pasture - east
- Four Acre - south-east
Zouches Manor
It contains the moated remains of a Saxon manor known as
Alan la Zouche, Earl of Brittany (the same family that held Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire).[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Fulbourn Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Map of Fulbourn Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Fulbourn Fen". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Fulbourn Fen citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "A Walking Guide to the Fulbourn Area" (PDF). Fulbourn Village Library. 2013.
- ^ ""Fulbourn conservation area" - South Cambridgeshire District Council (2007)" (PDF).
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