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Hankley Common is a common near Elstead, Surrey, England. It is an area of heathland with sandy infertile soil. The dry areas are covered in common heather (''Calluna vulgaris'') and bell heather (''Erica cinerea'') with patches of bracken (''Pteridium aquilinum'') Hankley Common is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). ==Atlantic Wall reconstruction== D-Day training sites were created in Britain in order to practice for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Northern France by allied forces in 1944. In 1943, in an area of the common known as the Lion's Mouth, Canadian troops constructed a replica of a section of the Atlantic Wall. It is constructed from reinforced concrete and was used as a major training aid to develop and practise techniques to breach the defences of the French coast prior to the D-Day landings.〔.〕 The wall is about long, high by wide. It is divided into two sections between which there were originally steel gates. Nearby are other obstacles such as dragon's teeth, reinforced concrete blocks and lengths of railway track set in concrete and with wire entanglements. Many of the relics show signs of live weapons training and the main wall has two breaches caused by demolition devices including the Double Onion: a specialised demolition vehicle, one of Hobart's Funnies, based on the Churchill tank.〔Hankley Common Trials - (WO 195/4238 ). ''The Catalogue'', The National Archives〕〔http://www.shepheard.plus.com/atlanticwall/ A Sea Wall in Surrey?.〕 The reinforced concrete was made with rebars varying from thick. Over the years the wall has become colonised by alkaline-loving lichens, mosses, ferns and other plants because the concrete provides the lime-based substrate that these species require and which is found nowhere else in the locality. They present an unusual range of plants to be found in an expanse of acid heathland. The preservation of the Wall is managed by Army Training Estates with the assistance of the MOD Hankley Conservation Group. Image:Atlantic Wall Training, Hankley Common, Undamaged Wall.JPG Image:Atlantic Wall Training, Hankley Common, Large Breech Two.JPG Image:Atlantic Wall Training, Hankley Common, Rebars.JPG Image:Atlantic Wall Training, Hankley Common, Dragon's Teeth.JPG 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hankley Common」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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