Hemsworth

The stone tablet at the base of the tree records that it ‘lost some of its noblest branches’ during the great gale of 24th January 1884. A visitor in 1938 noted that ‘though much of it is dead and the gnarled and twisted trunk is hollow one vigorous arm was holding out when we called’. The stump reveals a hollow tree with an internal stem and suggests that the tree was formerly of much greater girth. Today there are no signs of life.