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Ludshott Common and Waggoners Wells (the latter sometimes written with an apostrophe: Waggoners' Wells) is a National Trust reserve; Ludshott Common is an area of heathland and Waggoners Wells a series of man-made ponds with a connecting stream. The reserve is situated between Grayshott, Bramshott and Headley Down in East Hampshire, England. ==Ludshott Common== Ludshott Common constituted half of the ancient Manor of Ludshott, which dated back to Saxon times. Court Baron Rolls go back to about 1400.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/ludshott1intro.htm )〕 Today, Ludshott Common is one of the largest remaining areas of heathland in East Hampshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ludshott-commons/ )〕 It lies parallel to and south of the B3002 road between Headley Down to the west and Grayshott to the east. It covers and is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA) due to the number of endangered species, including woodlark, nightjar and Dartford warbler. There are also a great many spiders and butterflies, including Silver-studded Blue, Grayling and Green Hairstreak. 〔(National Trust | South East | Ludshott Common & Waggoner's Wells )〕 Adders, grass snakes and sand lizards also inhabit the common.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntludshott.org.uk/#!reptiles/c2170 )〕 Rabbits are widespread and roe deer may occasionally be seen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntludshott.org.uk/#!animals/c20eb )〕 The most common trees are Scots pine and silver birch, with some oak. Ludshott Common owes its present state to the traditional use made of common land by local people: to graze their cattle, pigs, sheep, and ponies and to collect gorse, heather, wood, and bracken for fuel, and for animal bedding and winter fodder. Such uses ceased around the beginning of the 20th century. The land was acquired by the National Trust in 1908 in response to the growing pressure from housing development in Headley Down.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://headley-village.com/interactive/book/export/html/66 )〕 During second world war in the 1940s, Ludshott Common was used as a tank manoeuvres training ground, and the heather was largely turned to mud. The heather recovered, and was managed from the 1970s onwards. A camp (named Superior Camp) for Canadian troops, one of several in the vicinity, was built at the eastern corner of the common. Evidence of the layout can be seen even though it was demolished in the 1950s/1960s. On 12 May 1980, 600 of the were burnt by a fire fanned by high winds. Residents of Seymour Road, Furze Hill and Pond Roads which bordered the common, to the west, in Headley Down were evacuated. Firefighters brought the fire under control in just over seven hours at 19:55. Relief crews remained on site overnight controlling small outbreaks of fire and damping down, with further relief crews taking over at 06:00 the following morning. 〔The History of Grayshott Fire Station 1906 - 2007, Hampshire Fire & Rescue, 2007.〕 While much of the common is heather and gorse scrub on a fine sandy soil, there is an elevated stand of mature Scots pine trees with little or no undergrowth known locally as "the cathedral" or "cathedral pines".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=47390530 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/ac7904_885d427bd123e354cd2464fd679a11b5.pdf )〕 In 2013 consultations were underway with a view to seeking permission to resume grazing on 550 acres of the common.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ntludshott.org.uk/#!grazing/c1mmc )〕 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「Ludshott Common and Waggoners Wells」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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