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Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 381
 Date Entered 04/12/2011
 Updated on 16/01/2012
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Tree Site Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Location MUK156 Ravine above Swinner Gill Kirk
 Civil Parish Muker
 Brit. National Grid NY 911 014
 Altitude 420m
 Geology Stream cut gorge through faulted limestone strata.
 Record Name MUK156 Waterfall ravine above Swinner Gill Kirk. Relict limestone woodland.
 Record Description Wych elms (mostly dead)with sallows, see photographs. Vegetation not yet recorded.
 Dimensions See photographs
 Geographical area Upper Swaledale
 Species Wych elm
 Scientific Name Ulmus glabra
 Image 1 ID 1566         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Swinnergill Kirk. Faulted Limestone strata visible in beck
 Image 2 ID 1567         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Wych elms regenerating from previously dead stumps.
 Image 3 ID 1568         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description Wych elms regenerating from previously dead stumps.
 Image 4 ID 1569         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description Wych Elm at top edge of ravine. Dead.
 Image 5 ID 1570         Click image to enlarge
 Image 5 Description The waterfall at top of the ravine.
 Image 6 ID 1571         Click image to enlarge
 Image 6 Description Hard shield fern. Polystichum aculeatum.
 
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