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Salmonsbury Meadows () is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985.〔(Natural England SSSI information on the citation )〕〔(Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 1, Sites of Special Scientific Interest )〕 The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).〔(Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 2, Key Wildlife Sites )〕 The site is owned and managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, and is part of its Greystones Farm nature reserve (). The reserves lies to the east of Bourton-on-the-Water, which is in the Cotswolds. The site, which includes the SSSI, was bought in three phases over four years. Salmonsbury Meadows were purchased first in 1999. This was followed in 2000 by the Restoration area, which is a area of improved grassland adjacent to the SSSI. The third part acquired in 2002 secured the whole farm. This final acquisition included Salmonsbury Camp (ramparts are visible), which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.〔(Reserve includes listed ancient monument of an Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp English Heritage )〕 The nature reserve is a site. The River Eye runs through the meadows and the River Dikler forms the eastern boundary. There is a network of public footpaths and the long-distance Oxfordshire Way crosses the farm.〔Kelham, A, Sanderson, J, Doe, J, Edgeley-Smith, M, et al, 1979, 1990, 2002 editions, 'Nature Reserves of the Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation/Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust'〕 There is fuller history of Greystones Farm, its meadows and Salmonsbury Camp in a publication produced by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.〔'Greystones Farm Nature Reserve – A 6000-year heritage of farming and wildlife', (undated), Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust〕 Further information may be found on the Dobunni, a Celtic tribe which inhabited this area (Iron Age period).〔Tom Moore, Iron Age Societies in the Severn-Cotswolds: developing narratives of social and landscape change, 2006, BAR British Series 421, pp218-222〕 ==Hay meadows== There are eleven meadows which are on alluvium and Lower Lias clays near the confluence of the Rivers Eye and Dikler. The citation states they are one of the richest and largest traditional meadow systems remaining in the Cotswolds. The meadows are divided by well developed ancient hedges and there are occasional hedgerow trees.〔 The meadows which make up the SSSI support a wide range of species. These include southern marsh orchid and early marsh orchid. They support great burnet, cuckoo flower, quaking grass, ragged robin, pepper saxifrage and meadow rue. Wetland species grow alongside the River Eye. These include yellow iris, marsh marigold and meadowsweet.〔 Otters are recorded to be on adjacent rivers. The River Eye supports one of the county's remaining populations of water vole.〔 The lakes to the south of the SSSI are in private ownership and support water wildlife.〔 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「Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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