Lowestoft - Somerleyton Hall (Suffolk)
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Lowestoft - Somerleyton Hall (Suffolk) |
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| Thanks to Richard for sending photographs of this amazing Giant Redwood in Somerleyton Hall. Richard says "It's a very unusual tree as its branches have grown down into the ground and created a ring of new trunks around the central trunk. It's not tall but it is very wide!" A very interesting formation of trunks. Although it is nice to see a perfectly formed and tidy tree, it is also interesting to see the unusual variations that sometimes emerge. A little tricky to measure though! |
 Giant Redwood Tree No. 1 |
| As suspected, this rather spectacluar clustering of branches and new trunks meant that a girth measurement of the main trunk would be rather meaningless, particularly as that main trunk had unusually large bulges supporting some of the peculiar arrangement. The height of the main trunk was measured and a movie was taken to try and give a better feel for the extraordinary nature of this tree. | ||||||||
 Giant Redwood Tree No. 1 |
 Coast Redwood Tree No. 4 |
 Giant Redwood Tree No. 3 |
 Giant Redwood Tree No. 3 |
Through the tunnel, near the Bygones Museum, we spotted a Dawn Redwood and then a bit further along the path there was another Giant Redwood, also close by is a Coast Redwood to complete the Redwood set at Somerleyton. Unfortunately the heavens descended before there was a chance to experience the maze but we did partake of a tour of the house (complete with fetching blue plastic covers over our shoes to protect the carpets) and found the guides to be very informative and entertaining. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | |
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| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 1 | N52.52239 E1.67216 | N52.52194 W1.67399 | TM 49210 97948 | 16ft (04.88m) | 28.8m | -- | July 2012 |
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 2 | N52.52139 E1.67211 | N52.52094 W1.67394 | TM 49212 97836 | 15ft (04.57m) | 12.5m | -- | July 2012 |
| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 3 | N52.52181 E1.67143 | N52.52136 W1.67326 | TM 49163 97881 | 15ft (04.57m) | 28.9m | 4.85m | July 2012 |
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens | 4 | N52.52214 E1.67120 | N52.52169 W1.67303 | TM 49146 97916 | 25ft (07.62m) | 21.3m | 2.92m | July 2012 |
| Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground | ||||||||