Shawford Down is a 19.6-hectare (48-acre) Local Nature Reserve south of Winchester in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.[1][2]
The down has strip lynchets, dating to the period in the Middle Ages when the area was cultivated as common land. The site has a range of chalk grassland habitats, with flora including wild parsnip, red bartsia, cowslip and common rock-rose. There are also areas of woodland and scrub.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Shawford Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Map of Shawford Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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