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Dorking - Ten acre field

Nearest town: Dorking

Site type: woodland

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Surrey

Country: England

Grid ref: TQ16405040

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 1-Aug-13

Recorded by: Jenny Desoutter

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Lost

Notes: The site is chalk, on a ridge sloping northwards into the vineyard which is only a few feet away. It is a well known local landmark in a strip of beech and thorn trees in a shelter belt about 30ft wide. It is in a significant position on the edge of a ridge, overlooking the valley adjacent to the Mole Gap, where the North Downs Way and the Pilgrims' Way descended from the Ranmore ridge to cross the Mole at the Stepping Stones, or Burford Bridge. The location has obviously always been a key vantage point and it is thought possible that Stane Street crosses the field.