Drumnadrochit - Balmacaan Wood (Inverness-shire)

Giant Redwood Tree nos. 2 and 3 - June 2012 Giant Redwood Tree no. 2 and the wierd wrapping effect - June 2012

Giant Redwood Tree no. 1 with its very obvious lightening strike - June 2012 Giant Redwood Tree no. 2 - June 2012

A discovery of three Giant Redwoods along the border of Balmacaan Wood means there may well be more lurking deeper in the woods ready to be found on a future longer exploration. The first had sadly lost its top in what looks to have been a fairly dramatic lightening strike. The other two trees are further down the track, standing on either side and one having a rather peculiar feature where it has wrapped itself over and around a small branch. This has to be taken into account when measuring its girth, nevertheless it is one of the biggest measured by Redwood World and easily in the top ten of the broadest Top Trunks. When measuring its partner across the track, although not such a wide beastie, it became apparent that this was one would be in the top thirty of the tallest Redwoods measured by us but not quite tall enough to earn a place on the Tallest Top Trunks table. This trip to Scotland was certainly living up to expectations so far!

Common Names and Latin Name	No.	Latitude and Longitude		OS National Grid	Elevation (above sea-level)	Height	Girth	Date Measured
		WGS84	OSGB36
Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum	1	N57.33405 W4.48677	N57.33431 W4.48546	NH 50404 29796	62ft (18.90m)	27.7m	7.6m	June 2012
	2	N57.32999 W4.48945	N57.33025 W4.48814	NH 50226 29350	68ft (20.73m)	29.9m	10.3m	June 2012
	3	N57.32987 W4.48944	N57.33013 W4.48813	NH 50226 29336	64ft (19.51m)	42.1m	7.27m	June 2012
Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground