Fulbourn Fen

Fulbourn Fen
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Moat of the former Zouches Castle
Area of Search Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL 530 561 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 27.3 hectares[1]
Notification 1986[1]
Location map Magic Map

Fulbourn Fen is a 27.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.[1][2] It is privately owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[3]

There are ancient meadows on calcareous loam and peat which have never been farmed, so they have a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Herbs in drier areas include cowslip and salad burnet, while wetter areas have tall fen vegetation.[3][4]

There is access by a track from Stonebridge Lane.[3]

Zouches Manor

It contains the moated remains of a Saxon manor known as Zouches Manor and then Dunmowes Manor. It was one of the Five Manors of Fulbourn and was built by Alan la Zouche, Earl of Brittany (the same family that held Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Staffordshire) [5] .

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Fulbourn Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Fulbourn Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Fulbourn Fen". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Fulbourn Fen citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. ↑ ""Fulbourn conservation area" - South Cambridgeshire District Council (2007)" (PDF).

Coordinates: 52°10′52″N 0°14′10″E / 52.181°N 0.236°E / 52.181; 0.236

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