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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 471 |
| Date Entered | 04/03/2012 |
| Updated on | 07/04/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 04/03/2012 |
| Location | Gunnerside Bottoms. |
| Civil Parish | Melbecks |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 957 980 |
| Geology | Northern edge of Late Glacial Lake Bed. |
| Record Name | Relict hedgerow with wych elms and hazel |
| Record Description | This fragment of a relict hedgerow survives as a substantial lynchet with occasional hedgerow trees which clearly predate the present day drystone walled field boundaries- the walls abut the wych elm trees which grow on the top edge of the lynchet. Thus the trees were already old when the drystone walls were built around 200 years ago. |
| Geographical area | Mid Swaledale |
| Species | wych elm |
| Common / Notable Species | Hazel |
| Additional Notes | One fine wych elm tree survives, the remains of the dead stumps of two further large elms survive and a single sapling springs from the roots of a further wych elm which has otherwise completely disappeared. |
| Image 1 ID | 2357 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 2 ID | 2358 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 3 ID | 2359 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 4 ID | 2360 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 5 ID | 2361 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 6 ID | 2362 Click image to enlarge |
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