90 CATALOGUE OF REMARKABLE TREES 



SHAWDON. 



Oak, called " The King of the Forest," 50 yards N.W. of little 



bridge over Shawdon Burn, 350 yards N.N.E. from the 



Dene House, and nearly 1 mile from the Hall. Girth at 



a height of 2 feet from N". and 4 feet from S., 17 feet 6 



inches : spread of branches, 17 yards : height 68 feet. 



A very picturesque tree ; beginning to decay. Bole ten feet 



on the S. side and six feet on the "N. ; several heavy limbs then 



stretch far out, especially to E. A curious oval orifice, six 



inches high by four inches wide, passes through the upper part 



of bole from IS", to S. This tree is much the finest of a grove of 



old native Oaks which stand on the steep IS", slope of the infant 



Shawdon Bum— (April 28, 1873, G. C.Atkinson.) 



Oak, called " The Hangman's Oak," about 80 yards N.W. of 



Shawdon House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 9 feet 7 



inches : spread of branches, considerable : height, 54 feet. 



A low spreading tree, near which a good many human bones 



have been exhumed; and as the tree bears this name, and the 



lower branches extend in a convenient and suggestive manner, 



it probably was used for the purposes of rude Border justice. — 



(Ibid.) 



Wych Elm, the most western tree of the W. Avenue, 200 yards 

 from House. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 14 feet : spread 

 of branches, 30 yards : height, 90 feet. 

 Bole twelve feet, then breaks into two or three main stems. 



A fine tree. — (Ibid.) 



Wych Elm, 150 yards S.S.E. of House, standing alone in Park, 

 called " The Big Elm." Girth at a height of 5 feet, 13 

 feet 5 inches : spread of branches, 30 yards : height, 69 

 feet. 

 A very handsome healthy tree. — (Ibid.) 



Pdojs SYLVESTRis, 400 yards S.S.E. of House; the most S. and 

 best of three fine ones together. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 8 feet 4 inches : spread of branches, not great : 

 height, 60 feet. 

 Bole twelve feet, and then divides. — (Ibid.) 



