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Hornbeam coppice with oak standards, occasional ash and sweet chestnut coppice.
The last cropping of this wood was in the 1940s with unrestricted growth since. The oak standards are probable re-plantings, with occasional double poled examples re-growth from earlier fellings of standards. Clear compartmentalisation with internal bankings and evidence of now defunct trackways surviving as shallow holloways bordered by oak standards. Clear boundary to N. with Markstakes Common, also marked by distribution of holly for winter forage. Hornbeam plantings of variable age, but generally consistent with early Post-medieval resource for nearby ceramics industry. |
