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***SWAAG_ID***	708
Date Entered	26/03/2013
Updated on	27/03/2013
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Tree Site Record
Record Type	Botanical HER
Site Access	Public Access Land
Record Date	16/03/2013
Location	Orgate Scar West from the west end of the Scar to the wall which forms the boundary with Clints Wood.
Civil Parish	Marske
Brit. National Grid	NZ 0944 0212
Altitude	315m
Geology	Talus or scree slope below sheer cliff formed from Richmond Chert strata overlying the Main Limestone.
Record Name	Orgate Scar. Four very large yew trees rooted in the limestone scree at the foot of the sheer scar.
Record Description	This record is the Part Three of a SWAAG Record in Five Parts each Part recorded on a separate record which together are intended to provides a photo portrait of the relict woodland which survives on and below Orgate Scar. Orgate Scar is the western section of Clints Scar and extends for a distance of 500m west from the wall which forms the boundary between Orgate Scar and Clints Scar at NZ09520208. The five parts to this Photo Record of Orgate Scar are defined as follows. SWAAG Record No 195 Part One A: An introduction to the Ash and Yew Dominant Woodland on and below Orgate and Clints Scars as seen in Early Summer. SWAAG Record No 700 Part One B: An introduction to the Ash and Yew Dominant Woodland on and below Orgate and Clints Scars as seen in Late Winter. SWAAG Record No 702 Part Two: Relict Limestone Ash Woodland below Orgate Scar, comprising photofile of ash trees selected to be representative of the final survivors of species rich limestone ash woodland once present across the whole of the fell side below Orgate Scar, now scattered old trees on open rocky scree and flower rich stony pasture. SWAAG RECORD No 708 Part Three: Four very large Yew trees and one ash tree all rooted at the top of the limestone scree below the cliff. SWAAG Record No To follow Part FOUR: The Cliff Edge Yews and Trees of Other Species on the face of Orgate Scar. SWAAG Record No 710 To follow Part FIVE: The vegetation on and below Orgate and Clints Scars.
Geographical area	Swaledale North Bank Catchment
Species	Yew
Additional Notes	All four of the very large yew trees photographed in this Record are rooted in scree at the foot of the cliff. All of these trees have been recorded within the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Hunt (ATH) and rated as Ancient Trees. Details of the four yew trees are as follows: A.T.H. Girth SWAAG Image No Tree No 62568 4.40m Estimated 62711 4.00m Estimated 62710 6.40m 62709 4.00m Estimated, but looks to be more!
Image 1 ID	4278 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	View southward over Clints Wood from Yew No 3 at the base of the Scar
Image 2 ID	4279 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description	View of the Scar Winter.
Image 3 ID	4280 Click image to enlarge
Image 3 Description	Orgate Scar and Yew No 1
Image 4 ID	4281 Click image to enlarge
Image 4 Description	Yew No 1
Image 5 ID	4282 Click image to enlarge
Image 5 Description	Yew No 1 4.40m girth.
Image 6 ID	4297 Click image to enlarge
Image 6 Description	Yew No 1 as seen from the west in September 2010. This yew rises from a bole which is part visible below scree and is 4.40m in girth.
Image 7 ID	4298 Click image to enlarge
Image 7 Description	Yew No 1 4.40m girth. Detail of base of tree in scree.
Image 8 ID	4285 Click image to enlarge
Image 8 Description	Yew Nos 2, 3 and 4 in scree at base of Orgate Scar
Image 9 ID	4286 Click image to enlarge
Image 9 Description	Yew Nos 2, 3 and 4 in scree at base of Orgate Scar
Image 10 ID	4287 Click image to enlarge
Image 10 Description	Yew Nos 3 and 4 in scree at base of Orgate Scar
Image 11 ID	4280 Click image to enlarge
Image 11 Description	Yew No 1 and western end of Orgate Scar
Image 12 ID	4281 Click image to enlarge
Image 12 Description	Yew No 1 and western end of Orgate Scar
Image 13 ID	4282 Click image to enlarge
Image 13 Description	Yew No 1 and western end of Orgate Scar
Image 14 ID	4283 Click image to enlarge
Image 14 Description	Yew No 1 and western end of Orgate Scar
Image 15 ID	4284 Click image to enlarge
Image 15 Description	Yew No 1 and western end of Orgate Scar
Image 16 ID	4285 Click image to enlarge
Image 16 Description	Yew Nos 2,3 and 4 at the top of the scree, seen from below.
Image 17 ID	4286 Click image to enlarge
Image 17 Description	Yew Nos 3 and 4 seen from below with scattered ash trees.
Image 18 ID	4287 Click image to enlarge
Image 18 Description	Yew Nos 2,3 and 4
Image 19 ID	4288 Click image to enlarge
Image 19 Description	Yew Nos 2,3 and 4 seen from the west.
Image 20 ID	4289 Click image to enlarge
Image 20 Description	Yew Nos 2,3 and 4 seen from below with cliff edge yews
Image 21 ID	4290 Click image to enlarge
Image 21 Description	Yew Nos 2,3 and 4 seen from below with cliff edge yews
Image 22 ID	4291 Click image to enlarge
Image 22 Description	Yew No 2. Detail at base of this tree which is recorded as 4.4m girth
Image 23 ID	4292 Click image to enlarge
Image 23 Description	Yew No 3. Detail at base of this tree which is recorded as 6.4m girth
Image 24 ID	4293 Click image to enlarge
Image 24 Description	Yew No 4. Detail at base of this tree which is recorded as 4.0m girth but looks to be more that this.
Image 25 ID	4295 Click image to enlarge
Image 25 Description	Yew No 4 with ash tree rooted in scree at base of the Scar.
Image 26 ID	4296 Click image to enlarge
Image 26 Description	The old ash tree at the base of the Scar