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***SWAAG_ID***	700
Date Entered	15/03/2013
Updated on	26/03/2013
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Tree Site Record
Record Type	Botanical HER
Site Access	Public Footpath
Record Date	14/03/2013
Location	Marske. Through Clints Wood to Orgate and Clints Scars
Civil Parish	Marske
Brit. National Grid	NZ 096 020
Altitude	310m
Geology	Sheer cliff with scree and talus below formed of strata of the Richmond Chert which overlies The Main Limestone
Record Name	Trees and woodland seen during a walk on a cold winter day in March 2013 from Marske to Orgate Farm and from thence up to Orgate Scar and to Clints Scar
Record Description	Many fine trees seen in Mid March from the track through Clints Wood and both on and below the sheer cliffs of Orgate and Clints Scar, including ash, yew, wych elm, scots pine, blackthorn.
Dimensions	See photos
Geographical area	Swaledale North Bank Catchment
Species	Ash, Yew
Additional Notes	For further very different images of Orgate and Clints Scar in Mid-May, see SWAAG Record No 195. Regeneration of ash and yew trees is evident on the face of the scar with seedling trees and young trees of different age in addition to the very large and old trees. The skeletal petrified remains of long dead yews do not decay and remain on the cliff for many years as semi fossilised trees.
Image 1 ID	4208 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	Orgate Scar with ash amd many fine yew trees on and below the cliffs.
Image 2 ID	4200 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description	A skeletal wych elm, seen by the track through Clints Wood.
Image 3 ID	4201 Click image to enlarge
Image 3 Description	A very old and suffering horn beam or wych elm, seen by the track through Clints Wood.
Image 4 ID	4202 Click image to enlarge
Image 4 Description	A very fine ash tree by the track.
Image 5 ID	4203 Click image to enlarge
Image 5 Description	The track to Orgate Farm, with ash trees and the Scars in the distance.
Image 6 ID	4204 Click image to enlarge
Image 6 Description	Ancient ash tree,fragmented by gales. This is one of the largest surviving ash trees in Swaledale.
Image 7 ID	4205 Click image to enlarge
Image 7 Description	The yew dominated ash woodland below of Limekiln Wood and below Clints Scars. This is a very fine area of native yew woodland, a woodland community which is Nationally Scarce.
Image 8 ID	4206 Click image to enlarge
Image 8 Description	The yew dominated ash woodland below of Limekiln Wood and below Clints Scars. This is a very fine area of native yew woodland, a woodland community which is Nationally Scarce.
Image 9 ID	4207 Click image to enlarge
Image 9 Description	The yew dominated ash woodland below of Limekiln Wood and below Clints Scars. This is a very fine area of native yew woodland, a woodland community which is Nationally Scarce.
Image 10 ID	4210 Click image to enlarge
Image 10 Description	SWAAG Member, Hugh Pannell on Orgate Scar, waiting for his lunch. What a view!
Image 11 ID	4211 Click image to enlarge
Image 11 Description	Cordilleras Farm. An increasingly rare sight. Aberdeen Angus suckler Herd with calves photographed from Orgate Scar.*10 magnification.
Image 12 ID	4212 Click image to enlarge
Image 12 Description	Orgate Farm. Ash tree the final remnant. Depleted ash woodland.
Image 13 ID	4213 Click image to enlarge
Image 13 Description	Orgate Farm. Ash tree the final remnant. Depleted ash woodland.
Image 14 ID	4214 Click image to enlarge
Image 14 Description	Orgate Farm. Ash tree the final remnant. Depleted ash woodland.
Image 15 ID	4215 Click image to enlarge
Image 15 Description	Orgate Farm. Ash tree the final remnant. Depleted ash woodland.
Image 16 ID	4216 Click image to enlarge
Image 16 Description	Petrifed remains of cliff edge yew.
Image 17 ID	4217 Click image to enlarge
Image 17 Description	Orgate Scar.
Image 18 ID	4218 Click image to enlarge
Image 18 Description	Round house in pasture below the Scar, see also SWAAG Record No
Image 19 ID	4219 Click image to enlarge
Image 19 Description	Round house in pasture below the Scar, see also SWAAG Record No
Image 20 ID	4221 Click image to enlarge
Image 20 Description	Yew and ash woodland below the scars.
Image 21 ID	4222 Click image to enlarge
Image 21 Description	Decaying wych elm.
Image 22 ID	4223 Click image to enlarge
Image 22 Description	Ancient yew with exposed root system.
Image 23 ID	4224 Click image to enlarge
Image 23 Description	Detail of the same ancient yew.
Image 24 ID	4225 Click image to enlarge
Image 24 Description	A second ancient yew with exposed root system. This yew measured 5.10m girth and is the largest single stem yew recognised to date in Swaledale. Estimated age in excess of 1000yrs.