5.8 m round
about 4 people holding hands round it
On record with the Ancient Tree Inventory. Nobody here has been yet.
Sweet chestnut
An ancient tree, 5.8 m round the trunk
Take me thereI'm here, add itPhotograph it, say why it's worth seeing, and it goes on the map as a Cool Tree, found by you. Anybody can add to it after that.
Where it is
Show on the mapDufton, Westmorland and Furness
The position comes from a survey, so expect to be within a few metres rather than standing at the trunk.
Is this the one?
What to check when you get there.
- It should be a sweet chestnut.
- It's 5.8 m round the trunk, about 4 people holding hands round it. That's the easiest check there is.
- It's a maiden: one trunk, never cut back, so look for a single tall stem.
- The position came from a surveyor, so it can be a few metres out. If two big trees are close together, the girth usually settles it.
What the survey recorded
- Status
- Ancient tree
- Form
- Maiden
- Trunk
- 5.8 m round
- Condition
- Alive, Standing
- Getting there
- Open access
- Where
- Cumbria
This record comes from the Ancient Tree Inventory. Data reproduced with the permission of The Woodland Trust. Where the data comes from.