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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 613
 Date Entered 28/09/2012
 Updated on 28/09/2012
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Tree/Shrub Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 Site Access Army Range
 Record Date 08/01/2006
 Location Throstle Gill. Limestone Scar on lower dale slope, 100m above east bank of stream.
 Civil Parish Marske
 Brit. National Grid NZ 08517 08565
 Altitude 281m
 Geology Small cliff formed by the Underset Limestone.
 Record Name Throstle Gill Scar. Specimen Yew with ash, wych elm, rowan, elder, hawthorn etc.
 Record Description This fine yew and the woodland community which also grows on this small cliff is characteristic of the many fine yews to be seen on the smaller and seldom visited or seen limestone scars of the North Bank Tributary streams of the Swale.
 Dimensions See photos
 Image 1 ID 3417         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description View of the Scar and yew from the north.
 Image 2 ID 3418         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Detail of the base of the multi stemmed yew from above.
 Image 3 ID 3419         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description View of the Scar and yew from the south.
 
 
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