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The estate also includes the [[Nile Clumps]], large clumps of trees on arable farmland, said to represent ship positions at the [[Battle of the Nile]]. This is said to form a large memorial to [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]]. |
The estate also includes the [[Nile Clumps]], large clumps of trees on arable farmland, said to represent ship positions at the [[Battle of the Nile]]. This is said to form a large memorial to [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]]. |
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In keeping with National Trust policy, access to the land is free and open at almost all times, as long as users observe the National Trust [[byelaws]]. However special restrictions are usually in effect during the [[summer solstice]]. Furthermore some of the land is farmed by tenant farmers, making access difficult or undesirable to parts, particularly at key points of the farming calender. The property is bisected by numerous paths and byways however, allowing visitors to more easily |
In keeping with National Trust policy, access to the land is free and open at almost all times, as long as users observe the National Trust [[byelaws]]. However special restrictions are usually in effect during the [[summer solstice]]. Furthermore some of the land is farmed by tenant farmers, making access difficult or undesirable to parts, particularly at key points of the farming calender. The property is bisected by numerous paths and byways however, allowing visitors to more easily transverse the landscape. |
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Revision as of 13:05, 26 April 2007
The Stonehenge Historic Landscape is a property of The National Trust, located near Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The estate, formerly known as Stonehenge Down, covers 21 km² surrounding the neolithic monument of Stonehenge which is owned by English Heritage.
The property includes nearly 400 ancient monuments, many of them scheduled, including numerous burial mounds known as barrows. Other features include the enormous earthwork known as the Cursus, Woodhenge and Durrington Walls. The land owned by the Trust comprises almost one third of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.
The estate also includes the Nile Clumps, large clumps of trees on arable farmland, said to represent ship positions at the Battle of the Nile. This is said to form a large memorial to Nelson.
In keeping with National Trust policy, access to the land is free and open at almost all times, as long as users observe the National Trust byelaws. However special restrictions are usually in effect during the summer solstice. Furthermore some of the land is farmed by tenant farmers, making access difficult or undesirable to parts, particularly at key points of the farming calender. The property is bisected by numerous paths and byways however, allowing visitors to more easily transverse the landscape.