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<p>The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has been awarding grants to safeguard
the UK’s most important heritage since 1980. As a fund of last resort, NHMF has helped
save thousands of the country’s most-loved treasures from being lost forever.</p><p>The
grant of £800,000 to the National Trust for the acquisition of land at Stonehenge,
including the land known as Bow Tie Field, was a time-limited opportunity to secure
168 hectares of land containing 61 archaeological sites, including a substantial part
of the Stonehenge Avenue, all under extreme risk of loss due to ploughing. Expert
advice to NHMF reflected that if the purchase did not go ahead Scheduled Monuments
on the site would be lost completely within 10 years.</p><p>The acquisition by the
National Trust will enable the restoration of chalk grassland, a priority lowland
habitat, achieving significant biodiversity and nature conservation benefits. It will
also enable permissive open access for the first time to this part of the Stonehenge
landscape.</p><p>The £800,000 grant was awarded to the National Trust using the National
Heritage Memorial Fund's standard terms of grant as set out on the <a href="https://www.nhmf.org.uk/sites/default/files/NHMF%20Receiving%20A%20Grant.pdf"
target="_blank">NHMF's website</a>.</p>
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