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The King Tree
Stirlingshire
Recorded by: Not specified
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.91m at a height of 1.00m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Stirlingshire
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NS80498313
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
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The King Tree
Stirlingshire
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Sweet chestnut
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.91m at a height of 1.00m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 2633
- Local or historic name:
- The King Tree
- Tag number:
- County:
- Stirlingshire
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NS80498313
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Public or open space
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- --
- Fungi:
- Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 27/06/2026
- First recorded:
- 05/07/2007
We are hoping to get a protective status from Falkirk Council for this tree. It means a lot to the residents of our community. There used to be a castle where it stands, which burned down in the 1940s...the tree is the only thing left at that site.
This sweet chestnut is between 300 and 400 years old. Since it was popular for owners of large houses in the early 17th century to plant sweet chestnuts it is possibly 400 years old. It is next to the site where Herbertshire castle stood magnificently above the river Carron. The castle was probably built around 1200ad. George Skelton Denny & Dunipace Heritage Society.