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Neil Gow's Oak
Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Recorded by: Irena Krasinska-Lobban
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Winner
Scotland, 2013
- Species:
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 5.90m at a height of 1.50m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Perth and Kinross
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NO0119242435
- Public accessibility:
- Public - Scottish Outdoor Access
- Surroundings:
- River / canal bank, Bridlepath / footpath
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Neil Gow's Oak
Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Recorded by: Irena Krasinska-Lobban
- Species:
- Sessile oak
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 5.90m at a height of 1.50m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing trunk, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 2114
- Local or historic name:
- Neil Gow's Oak
- County:
- Perth and Kinross
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NO0119242435
- Public accessibility:
- Public - Scottish Outdoor Access
- Surroundings:
- River / canal bank, Bridlepath / footpath
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss, Other
- Fungi:
- Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Irena Krasinska-Lobban
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Recorded on:
- 21/09/2021
I have known this tree since childhood. My grandfather's family came from Inver and my great ++ uncle was taught to play the fiddle by Neil Gow so the tree is very special to me.
Neil Gow's Oak has been nominated as UK Tree of the Year for 2016.