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[[Image:Muslim Burial Ground TQ0159 224.jpg|thumb|The Muslim Burial Ground]] |
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'''Horsell Common SSSI''' is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Surrey]], [[England]].<ref>[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/unitlist.cfm?sssi_id=1000870 English Nature]</ref>. It is 750 hectares<ref>[http://www.woking.gov.uk/leisure/greenspaces/countryside/countrysidesites#horsell_common_sssi Woking borough]</ref> and lies near [[Horsell]], a suburb on the outskirts of [[Woking]]. It includes a [[Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common|Muslim Burial Ground]] and a number of [[Bronze Age]] [[Tumulus|barrows]]. |
'''Horsell Common SSSI''' is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] in [[Surrey]], [[England]].<ref>[http://www.english-nature.org.uk/Special/sssi/unitlist.cfm?sssi_id=1000870 English Nature]</ref>. It is 750 hectares<ref>[http://www.woking.gov.uk/leisure/greenspaces/countryside/countrysidesites#horsell_common_sssi Woking borough]</ref> and lies near [[Horsell]], a suburb on the outskirts of [[Woking]]. It includes a [[Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common|Muslim Burial Ground]] and a number of [[Bronze Age]] [[Tumulus|barrows]].[[Image:Sandpits pan.jpg|thumb|left|The Sand Pits Panorama]] |
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Horsell Common was chosen by [[H.G. Wells]] as the site of the first Martian landing in ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', (specifically the sand pits at the location). |
Horsell Common was chosen by [[H.G. Wells]] as the site of the first Martian landing in ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', (specifically the sand pits at the location). |
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Revision as of 20:24, 17 June 2009
Horsell Common SSSI is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey, England.[1]. It is 750 hectares[2] and lies near Horsell, a suburb on the outskirts of Woking. It includes a Muslim Burial Ground and a number of Bronze Age barrows.
Horsell Common was chosen by H.G. Wells as the site of the first Martian landing in The War of the Worlds, (specifically the sand pits at the location).
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