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Sweet chestnut
Sevenoaks, Kent
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.05m at a height of 1.40m History
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- County:
- Kent
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ5491453907
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Mediaeval deer park
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Sweet chestnut
Sevenoaks, Kent
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sweet chestnut
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.05m at a height of 1.40m History
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Veteran tree
- Tree number:
- 9960
- Local or historic name:
- --
- County:
- Kent
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- TQ5491453907
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access (e.g. public park)
- Surroundings:
- Mediaeval deer park
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Moss
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 13/09/2021
- First recorded:
- 14/06/2008
This tree is the largest-girthed tree that I've found in Knole Park. Its girth was 7.6m at 0.8m when I first recorded it in 2012, so it is still growing steadily. I have updated Owen Johnson's 2008 record for the tree
Have updated my 2008 record for this chestnut, having recorded it yesterday