really intrigued by this little 1 acre hazelwood near Kilrea. the wood itself seems to have originated just after famine (~170 yrs ago), but in the middle is what appears to be a faint woodbank (woodland boundary feature)...
this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">
this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">">
this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">">
this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="this is the woodbank (pic 1). it has 3 old crab apple trees (pic 2) growing on it - usually associated with ancient woodland >400 years old - and a big ash stool with the locally rare epiphytic lichen Pyrenula macrospora (pic 3). no sign of it on old maps going back to 1830 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">">
could the woodbank be marking the boundary of a much older wood, now lost? the area was certainly well wooded pre-1800s, as this parish memoir written in the 1830s attests. Movanagher Castle was also only a few hundred metres away- did its occupants manage the lost wood?
oft lots of questions. its amazing how intertwined ecology and history are - the reason why these crab apples and Pyrenula macrospora are growing where they are can probs only be explained by considering both.
@Dendrochronicle any woodbank-y thoughts? is this even a woodbank?
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