Nacton - Porter's Culvert (Suffolk)
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Nacton - Porter's Culvert (Suffolk) |
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| It was well worth a visit to see these trees, thanks to Nick who wrote, "I thought you might like to know about some Giant Redwood trees near Ipswich in Suffolk. There are approximately 15 Sequiadendron Giganteum trees in an area of overgrown private woodland in the area of Porters Covert, near Nacton, Suffolk. These woods may have formed part of a large estate in bygone years but now look rather neglected. The trees are particularly spectacular as they are quite near the A12/A14 junction and are noticeable on the horizon compared with the much shorter native woodland around them. I imagine the woods are owned by the local farmer but I've no idea whether there are any preservation orders on the trees. I hope so." We managed to measure eleven of these on a recent visit in 2011. Some of them are particularly tall but the noticable point about them was that the trunks were not of a correspondingly large girth. Perhaps this was due to the protection from the other trees growing close and shielding them from the wind as they grew. Although most of the trees were in fine condition, sadly a couple of the trees did not look particularly healthy, the trunks on these trees looked fine but their foliage was very sparse. Overall a great collection of Wellingtonia. |
| 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 | N52.02623 E1.24601 | N52.02574 W1.24777 | TM 22783 41396 | 75ft (22.87m) | 39.8m | 5.04m | Aug 2011 |
| 2 | N52.02582 E1.24639 | N52.02533 W1.24815 | TM 22811 41352 | 102ft (31.1m) | 33.3m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 3 | N52.02545 E1.24600 | N52.02496 W1.24776 | TM 22786 41310 | 95ft (28.96m) | 38.2m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 4 | N52.02539 E1.24608 | N52.02490 W1.24784 | TM 22792 41303 | 98ft (29.88m) | 37.9m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 5 | N52.02523 E1.24612 | N52.02474 W1.24788 | TM 22795 41286 | 105ft (31.01m) | 32.3m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 6 | N52.02513 E1.24624 | N52.02464 W1.24800 | TM 22804 41275 | 98ft (29.88m) | 34.1m | 5.16m | Aug 2011 | |
| 7 | N52.02509 E1.24606 | N52.02460 W1.24782 | TM 22792 41270 | 85ft (25.91m) | 25.4m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 8 | N52.02507 E1.24587 | N52.02458 W1.24763 | TM 22779 41267 | 85ft (25.91m) | 34.4m | 4m | Aug 2011 | |
| 9 | N52.02514 E1.24588 | N52.02465 W1.24764 | TM 22779 41275 | 89ft (27.13m) | 29.1m | 4.87m | Aug 2011 | |
| 10 | N52.02514 E1.24570 | N52.02465 W1.24746 | TM 22767 41274 | 95ft (28.96m) | 34.5m | -- | Aug 2011 | |
| 11 | N52.02531 E1.24581 | N52.02482 W1.24757 | TM 22774 41294 | 82ft (25m) | 36.1m | 4.08m | Aug 2011 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5m from ground. | ||||||||