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Witherslack Mosses are a fragmented wetland west of the Kent estuary in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District National Park. They consist of three raised bogs, the remnants of a formerly extensive, estuarine bog, which are protected under the Habitats Directive as a Special Area of Conservation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Witherslack Mosses (Site UK0030302) )〕 *Foulshaw Moss, with an area of 350 ha, the largest of the three.〔(Foulshaw Moss ), Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Retrieved November 2013〕 *Meathop Moss, 82 ha〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Meathop Moss )〕 *Nichols Moss, 7 ha〔(Nichols Moss ), Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Retrieved November 2013〕 The site was designated an SAC in 2005, although the bogs were already individually protected as nature reserves in the care of Cumbria Wildlife Trust and, under UK legislation, as Sites of Special Scientific Interest. All retain some of the original dome structure, characteristic of raised bogs. However, each has been at least in part degraded by peat-cutting around the edges. Restoration work has been carried out reversing afforestation and associated drainage work.〔Amodeo, Christian. ("Cumbria's largest peatbog restored ).(Foulshaw Moss)(Brief Article)." Geographical (UK). Circle Publishing Ltd. 2004. Accessed via HighBeam Research. 27 Dec. 2012 (subscription required).〕 ==Public access== Parking for Foulshaw Moss is just off the A590 (westbound). Raised water levels, as a result of bog restoration work, adversely affected public access to Meathop Moss and Foulshaw Moss around 2012, and the boardwalks had to be relaid. 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「Witherslack Mosses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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