8 m round
about 5 people holding hands round it
On record with the Ancient Tree Inventory. Nobody here has been yet.
Roslin Sweet Chrstnut
Sweet chestnut
An ancient tree, 8.0 m round the trunk
On private land. Don't go onto it without permission.
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 mapLoanhead, Midlothian
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 8 m round the trunk, about 5 people holding hands round it. That's the easiest check there is.
- It's a pollard: cut back at about head height long ago, so look for a thick trunk ending in a knuckle, with branches all growing out of that one level.
- People round here may know it as Roslin Sweet Chrstnut, and there's sometimes a sign.
- 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
- Pollard
- Trunk
- 8.0 m round
- Condition
- Alive, Standing
- Getting there
- Public - Scottish Outdoor Access
- Where
- Midlothian
This record comes from the Ancient Tree Inventory. Data reproduced with the permission of The Woodland Trust. Where the data comes from.