Balloch - Balloch Castle (Dunbartonshire)
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Balloch - Balloch Castle (Dunbartonshire) |
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| Two Giant Redwoods stands in the 200 acre Balloch Castle Country Park at the southern end of Loch Lomond. One is a young tree of under ten years old. The original castle was built in 1238 but abandoned in 1390 in favour of a stronghold on the island of Inchmurrin. All that remains is a dip of the moat and the mound where it once stood. The modern castle was built in 1808 by Robert Lugar for John Buchanan of Ardoch. The extensive grounds hold a fairly wide variety of trees, so it is well worth a visit by anyone with arboreal interests. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
| WGS84 | OSGB36 | |||||||
| Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia, Wellingtonia Sequoiadendron giganteum |
1 | N56.01394 W4.58265 |
N56.01402 W4.58265 |
NS 39098 83123 | 179ft (54.57m) |
6.1m | 0.52m | June 2008 |
| 2 | N56.01430 W4.58389 |
N56.01438 W4.58264 |
NS 39022 83166 | 186ft (56.71m) |
33.3m | 5.2m | June 2008 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||