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Woodland Survey 9
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Date
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23/1/04
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| Name |
TA 1840 Balneath Wood northern perimeter trackway- 2007 unchanged.
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| TA field no. |
289 (Northern boundary trackway- Balneath Lane). |
| Activity |
Recording hedgerow species. |
| Report |
Mixture of laid species – oak and hornbeam, with self planted hedgerow species in gaps.
Substantial boundary bank and external ditch along trackway, possibly Late medieval in origin. |
| Woodland Survey 10 |
| Date |
24/1/04
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| Name |
TA Balneath Wood east and west perimeters – 2007 unchanged.
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| TA field no. |
289 (Adjacent to 287, 290, 292, 347 and 348) |
| Activity |
Looking for remnants of woods – cleared in 1970s. |
| Report |
Hornbeam coppice, some oak standards. Area of willow scrub and pollarded willow around stream to southern edge.
Keeper’s cottage plot still extant in SE corner of field – Scot's Pine and cherry in garden. |
