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	Salisbury Plain Life Project
		A mixed herd of 120 cows and calves was released onto the Plain on June 2nd under the close supervision of a herdsman who controls the herd by day and returns them to a temporary penning in the evening.
		To restore sensitive grazing to new areas of the Plain for the benefit of the internationally important plants and other wildlife that occur on Salisbury Plain.
		Salisbury Plain is the largest unbroken expanse of chalk grassland in north-west Europe (approximately 14,000 hectares), representing 41% of the UK resource.
	www.english-nature.org.uk /salisbury/news/details.asp?id=11 (799 words)

	Salisbury Plain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The plain is sparsely populated and the principal land uses are arable agriculture, chalk grassland, military institutions, and a few small areas of beech and coniferous woodland.
		The plain is one of the Ministry of Defence and NATO's principal training grounds because of the sparse population.
		To the south is the city of Salisbury, whose 13 and 14th century cathedral is famous for having the tallest spire in the country, and the building was, for centuries, the tallest building in Britain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salisbury_Plain (683 words)

	Salisbury Plain LIFE project - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		The Salisbury Plain LIFE project was initiated in 2001 to enhance the management of military areas for wildlife, in this instance Salisbury Plain Training Area and Porton Down.
		Salisbury Plain and Porton Down (some 44,000 ha and 1,200 ha respectively) have remained largely unchanged over recent decades due to their continued use as military training facilities.
		Salisbury Plain covers in the region of 13,000 ha of agriculturally 'unimproved' chalk grassland, making it one of the largest areas of this type of habitat in Europe.
	www.rspb.org.uk /england/southwest/farming/salisbury_life_project.asp (919 words)

	Salisbury Plain
		We were staying in a Travel Inn in Salisbury.
		Salisbury Cathedral is an awesome building, with the tallest spire in England, an amazing 404 feet.
		As you may recall from my previous travelogue about Salisbury, the Chapter House holds one of the two viewable copies of the original Magna Carta, so we took a moment to see that.
	www.angelfire.com /ak3/dailyword/travelone.html (1797 words)

	Salisbury Plain LIFE Project - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Salisbury Plain covers an area of 44,000ha and is sectioned into East (which has much public access and is separated from the rest of the Plain by the River Avon), the Centre and West (which are the military firing areas).
		Salisbury Plain has 19,690ha protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to it containing the largest known expanse of unimproved chalk grassland in north-west Europe (12,933 ha) and as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for its important bird life and candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) for it's plant life.
		Wiltshire has several populations of these butterflies and Salisbury Plain is one of the most important in terms of size and availability of suitable habitat.
	www.rspb.org.uk /england/southwest/conservation/salisbury_life_project.asp?view=print (1358 words)

	The Salisbury Plain Poems of William Wordsworth, ed. Stephen Gill
		The Salisbury Plain Poems of William Wordsworth, ed.
		In 1795, when Coleridge first encountered the poem, Salisbury Plain stood as a record of Wordsworth's earlier turbulent feelings, later recalled so vividly in The Prelude, about the war with France and the condition of England.
		In the story of the Female Vagrant, who loses her home through local tyranny, and her husband and children through war, Wordsworth created a powerful illustration for the homily he addresses to the statesmen of England on the corruption and oppression that are ravaging the nation.
	www.sfu.ca /~curtis/Wordsworth/pages/Salis.html (572 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ENGLAND ON TOUR \| Salisbury's plain batting
		Ian Salisbury became England's unlikely hero as he reached 33 playing as nightwatchman.
		Salisbury was at the crease for more than three hours as he and Graham Thorpe put on 103 runs for the fourth wicket.
		Salisbury said after Friday's play: "Last night I was a nightwatchman.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/in_depth/2000/england_on_tour/1050293.stm (333 words)

	M2 Presswire: Salisbury Plain among the military training areas being reopened.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Salisbury Plain among the military training areas being reopened.
		This includes Salisbury Plain, which is re-opening today (8th May).
		As part of the Armed Forces efforts to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease, all military training areas were closed...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:74304639&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (180 words)

	===JustRidingAlong.com=== salisbury plain challenge 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Organised by the very hard-working Stuart Sidebottom, each year it raises a stack of cash for CLIC (cancer and leukaemia in childhood) and the Wiltshire air ambulance, as well as being a good excuse to renew racing rivalries for another year.
		The main course covers 50km of the Plain, being mainly grass and tank-tracks, which often become incredibly muddy after heavy rain with puddles (lakes) that will swallow a bike whole, no problem.
		The first corner was icy and led immediately to the notorious anaerobically steep first climb which goes all the way to the top of the plain.
	www.justridingalong.com /racing/salisbury_plain_challenge_2003.php (802 words)

	BBC - Wiltshire Days Out - Time for some Plain walking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Despite the fact that much of Salisbury Plain's military training area remains out of bounds to the public, there is a surprising number of public footpaths allowing access to this unique landscape.
		For those who venture onto Salisbury Plain, few are left unmoved by the expanse of wilderness that just seems to disappear into far blue yonder.
		Away from the chalk valleys, villages and towns, the Plain is a huge, open landscape, where the sky seems to compete for attention with vast swathes of grassland that stretch as far as the eye can see.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/going_out/days_out/salisbury_plain.shtml (517 words)

	Playing cards to help Salisbury Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Green Pack is a joint initiative between the MoD and the Salisbury Plain LIFE Project, a collaborative body that includes English Nature and MoD agencies.
		It is a duty and a privilege for the Army to ensure that Salisbury Plain, with its rich biodiversity, is cared for and preserved for future generations.
		Land was first purchased on Salisbury Plain by the Army in 1897.
	www.nfucountryside.org.uk /newsrural-1331.htm (498 words)

	Rich in History
		Rich in History is something Wiltshire is famous for, particularly Salisbury Plain, the large area of chalk downland within Wiltshire.
		Salisbury Plain is steeped in history, both ancient and modern and can justifiably claim to be the cradle of English civilisation.
		This is thought to be Britain’s oldest road, used by prehistoric man, herdsmen and soldiers, and follows the northern escarpment of Salisbury Plain north-eastwards through the ancient landscapes of Wiltshire into the Chiltern Hills of Berkshire.
	www.wiltshiretouristguide.com /Articles/Article_16.asp (432 words)

	BBC - History - Archaeology - Hunter of the Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Last year, during the upgrading of one of the many tank tracks that cross the Plain, a prehistoric burial was discovered, lying in apparent isolation within a deep chalk cut pit.
		Was an archer, a hunter who roamed Salisbury Plain in the Bronze Age and why was he buried outside the henge or barrow that must have been the reason for choosing his burial place?
		What is certain is that he lived and died at a time when Salisbury Plain, with its temples and burial mounds, clustering around the magnificent and by now ancient Stonehenge, was the spiritual heart of prehistoric Britain.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/ser3pro6_1.shtml (666 words)

	Plain, the on Encyclopedia.com
		The Plain was a leaderless mass and a pliable instrument, but it was numerically in the majority and consequently determined many votes.
		Fate of nitrogen from agriculture in the southeastern Coastal Plain.
		A Century Ago At the turn of the 20th century, the "plain old telephone system" was neither plain nor old.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Plain.asp (661 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		plain, from L. planus "flat, even, level," from PIE *pla- "broad, flat, spread out" (see place).
		Plain clothes "ordinary dress" (as opposed to military uniform) is from 1822; of police detectives, it is attested from 1842.
		Plains of the American Midwest first so called 1684.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=plain (123 words)

	The Salisbury Journal - news, sport, features and entertainment from the pages of your local paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		HORSE riders are putting themselves and their animals in danger each time they venture onto the A338 according to an owner who says she has had a catalogue of near misses on the danger road.
		CAR owners were urged to leave their vehicles at home and get on their bikes as Salisbury took part in European Car Free Day.
		SALISBURY City's Blue Square Premier matches away to Grays Athletic and at home to York City have been re-scheduled to accommodate end of season play-off fixtures.
	www.salisburyjournal.co.uk (297 words)

	Salisbury Plain Life Project - Conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Recent habitat restoration measures on a landscape scale (undertaken during the Salisbury Plain Life Project 2001-5) will provide a focus for delegates to review the current state of, and consider issues affecting calcareous grasslands in Europe.
		Salisbury Plain includes the largest single block of semi-natural chalk grassland (14,000ha's) remaining in North-West Europe.
		The MoD first acquired land on Salisbury Plain for military training in the late nineteenth century, and this large expanse of lowland grassland has consequently never been subject to intensive farming methods.
	www.butterfly-conservation.org /ne/news/salisbury (517 words)

	Salisbury Plain
		ATE Salisbury Plain (ATE SP) plays a very important part in this process: it provides training for some aspects of military operations — especially by armoured vehicles — which cannot properly be practised elsewhere in the UK.
		The use of Salisbury Plain as a military training area has preserved a substantial archaeological landscape dating back some 6,000 years.
		Close liaison is also maintained with national agencies such as English Heritage, English Nature and the RSPB, and county agencies such as the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, the Wiltshire and Hampshire Ornithological Societies, and the County Archaeologist, as well as with individual naturalists and farmers.
	www.army.mod.uk /ate/public/salisplain.htm (1581 words)

	salisbury plain england (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England location 1000's of world-famous locations of the greatest movies, top TV shows, film stars, soap operas, directors, bestselling writers and major events...
		Salisbury Plain is a 300 sq mi (780 km²) chalk plateau...
		Ian Salisbury is an unlikely hero as nightwatchman as England reach 282-8 on day three against Pakistan.
	www.marylandusa.net /salisbury/salisbury-plain-england.html (218 words)

	Bustard
		Thanks solely to the Army’s presence on Salisbury Plain, the landscape has changed very little and should be ideal for the reintroduction of the Great Bustard.
		Twenty-eight young Great Bustards arrived on Salisbury Plain from Russia at the beginning of August, the first of a number of annual imports in the latest attempt to reintroduce the bird to the Plain, from where it disappeared in the mid 1830s.
		The Bustard chicks have taken well to Salisbury Plain and are growing fast, eating vast quantities of lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and cress with protein from mealworms, crickets, cottage cheese and mice.
	www.drumbeat.org.uk /bustard.htm (691 words)

	42nd Battalion arrive at Larkhill Camp on the Salisbury Plain
		The new roads, constructed by the Royal Engineers from the natural chalk of Salisbury Plain, extending from the camp to the training grounds, proved sticky when wet and covered in clouds of white dust when dry.
		As well, Battalions that were already formed, such as the 42nd, did their acclimatization and final training on the Salisbury Plain.
		From there the Battalion ventured along the Packway, on to the vastness of Salisbury Plain and its rifle ranges, for its final training.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/salisbury.htm (1432 words)

	S. Webb: Scripting Class in Hannah More's The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Shepherd of Salibury Plain deviates from this somewhat in that the title character is based on a real shepherd named David Saunders, and dialogue is not marked off from the rest of the text as it is in other pieces.
		As this passage makes plain, the shepherd is an object to be actively deciphered by the framing narrators, and other possible interpretations of him are thereby preempted.
		Moses was shepherd in the plain of Midian.
	prometheus.cc.emory.edu /panels/4C/S.Webb.html (3164 words)

	The Ministry of Defence Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Army Training Estates Salisbury Plain (ATE SP) measures around 94,000 acres which is an area about the size of the Isle of Wight.
		For persistent offenders there is a power under the byelaws for police to seize vehicles and/or any other item connected with the offence and apply to the Magistrates for it to be forfeit to Her Majesty.
		Remember that the ATE SP is used for military exercises and therefore tracks across the Plain may have uneven surfaces and potholes and will not be suitable for all types of road vehicles.
	www.modpol.org /SPTA (459 words)

	-¦- JustRidingAlong.com -¦- salisbury plain challenge 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was about this time (halfway round) that Sammy G attacked from the front and got away on his own, so that also pushed the pace higher.
		Battling across the soggy Plain I eventually had to let Will go too as I was seeing spots in front of my eyes and feeling quite sick.
		So another fun event, it may be the last year it's run by Stewart Sidebottom but one of the people from Salisbury Plain Area Mountain bikers» told me that they may be running it next year, I certainly hope so.
	www.justridingalong.com /racing/salisbury_plain_challenge_2004.php (1018 words)

	Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Salisbury Plain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		an open tract in England, which extends from the city of Salisbury 25m E to Winchester, and 25 W to Shaftesbury, and is, in some places from 35 to 40m in breadth.
		In this plain are traces of many Roman and British antiquities.
		One of these, called Stonehenge, 6m N of Salisbury conists of several large stones placed in a circular form, some upright, others horizontally across them, and of such enormous bulk that it has puzzled many diligent inquirers to account for the bringing and placing of them.
	www.envf.port.ac.uk /hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0005855.htm (180 words)

	Salisbury Plain — Infoplease.com
		Salisbury Plain, undulating, mostly barren chalk plateau, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), Wiltshire, S England.
		Stonehenge - Stonehenge Stonehenge, group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, S England.
		Discovering Salisbury - The medieval roots of this English city built in the shadow of Stonehenge have been preserved throughout the......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0843235.html (271 words)

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