Serious sweet chestnut

[Rough Hewn]

Saw these yesterday.

There was at least 7 or 8.

Couldn't believe the size of these trees.

In the first photo, the dbh is about 10'.

The others are at least 7'/8'+ dbh.

The burr on the last two photos is about 8' across.

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[Stubby]

That's a bit " over stood "

[AJStrees]

Nice look like some old estate trees judging by the old iron fencing in the back ground. Great find! 

[Rough Hewn]

Anyone got an educated guess at age?
I'm presuming 300-500+?

[Paul Cleaver]

47 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Anyone got an educated guess at age?
I'm presuming 300-500+?

at 10foot DBH I would say up to 800 is possible

[Bogoak]

That’s a pretty special tree!

[AJStrees]

Are they old pollards?

[Rough Hewn]

Are they old pollards?

No idea, they were all a mess of broken branches, crowns, trunks etc.
One was still vertical with a trunk about 7-8'. Must have been 60-80' tall.
Bit hard to tell with the foliage.

[AJStrees]

very nice indeed!

[Forest2Furniture]

Last time I saw Sweet Chestnut trees that size was in the Wye valley near Bigsweir, there's a row of about 

a dozen beautiful trees, couldn't help thinking they'd be a bugger to mill!