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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 698 |
| Date Entered | 12/03/2013 |
| Updated on | 13/03/2013 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Army Range |
| Location | Feldom Army Range. Clapgate Gill . Small scar with ancient wild cherry trees and yews. |
| Civil Parish | Marske |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 115 032 |
| Altitude | 280m |
| Geology | Richmond chert strata exposed as sheer cliff with talus below. |
| Record Name | Feldom Army Ranges. Clapgate. Small limestone scar with ancient wild cherry trees and yews as seen within |
| Record Description | Feldom Army Range. Clapgate Gill . Small west facing scar with ancient yews, ancient wild cherry trees and a very good relict ashwood community. Vegetation not yet recorded. |
| Dimensions | See photographs |
| Geographical area | Swaledale North Bank Catchment |
| Species | Ash, yew, wild cherry etc |
| Additional Notes | This small cliff has amost significant community of relict woodland. The wych elms are long dead. The ash , yews and wild cherries are now at risk from various pathogens. A full photographic record is required before this woodland is seriously modified by disease. |
| Image 1 ID | 4173 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | The Scar with recumbent fallen cherry, yews, dead wych elm, ash, elder, blackthorn, hawthorn, rose |  |
| Image 2 ID | 4174 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Gean or wild cherry, fallen but re-rooting. Detail. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 4176 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | The scar from opposite side of Clapgate Gill |  |
| Image 4 ID | 4175 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | The scar from opposite side of Clapgate Gill |  |
| Image 5 ID | 4170 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | View towards Low Feldom from top of the Scar with yew and ash. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 4171 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | The Yew |  |
| Image 7 ID | 4172 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | The Scar with recumbent cherry tree and yews. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 4181 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Recumbent fallen trunk of Wild Cherry which has grown downslope from the scree at the base of the cliff |  |
| Image 9 ID | 4177 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 10 ID | 4178 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 11 ID | 4179 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 12 ID | 4178 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 13 ID | 4180 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 14 ID | 4183 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 14 Description | The laregest yew |  |
| Image 15 ID | 4193 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 15 Description | Detail of the largest yew, with exposed root. |  |
| Image 16 ID | 4184 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 16 Description | Detail of the largest yew, with exposed root. |  |
| Image 17 ID | 4185 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 17 Description | Detail of the largest yew, with exposed root. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 4186 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 18 Description | Detail of the largest yew, with exposed root. |  |
| Image 19 ID | 4187 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 19 Description | Small yew with jackdaw nest. |  |
| Image 20 ID | 4190 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 20 Description | Wild cherry on the cliff with yew in background |  |
| Image 21 ID | 4188 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 22 ID | 4189 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 23 ID | 4191 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 23 Description | Small cloned cherry regenerating from root system of older cherry on cliff |  |
| Image 24 ID | 4192 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 24 Description | Very large blackthorn thicket on face of the cliff, with skeletal remains of wych elm above. |  |
