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in 1821, 875 feet. In 1841, girth of the smallest 

 part of the trunk, nineteen feet six inches ; girth 

 where the branches spread, twenty-seven feet 

 four inches; girth, close to the ground, forty- 

 two feet seven inches : height, 1 00 feet. Extreme 

 width of branches, 114 feet. Age, 440 years.' 

 The age was discovered from some old estate 

 papers. Another large Sycamore, at Castle 

 Menzies, is twenty-three feet eleven inches at 

 one foot from the ground, and at five feet, seven- 

 teen feet six inches. ' It is,' says Mr. Hunter, 

 * eighty feet high, and has a splendid bole of forty 

 feet . . . the spread of branches is eighty-five 

 feet, and it contains upwards of 1000 cubic feet 

 of timber.' Another Sycamore in the same 

 neighbourhood, at two feet from the ground, 

 girths twenty-eight feet six inches, and at five 

 feet from the ground, nineteen feet three 

 inches. 



One of the remnants of ' Great Birnam Wood ' 

 is a Sycamore at Murtle, referred to by Mr. 

 Hunter. It girths nineteen feet eight inches at 

 five feet from the ground, and is believed to be 

 1000 years old. One at Ardoch is twenty-four 



