Cakemuir Castle, Queen Mary's Tree
Tree (Period Unknown)
Site Name Cakemuir Castle, Queen Mary's Tree
Classification Tree (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 54563
Site Number NT45NW 2
NGR NT 4117 5911
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54563
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Crichton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT45NW 2 4117 5911
See also NT45NW 1.
(NT 4117 5911) Queen Mary's Tree (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1957)
A stump of a beach tree, cut to about 6' because of decay, but this has not stopped it from mouldering. It was supposedly named when Queen Mary was at Cakemuir Castle (in 1567).
Name Book 1853
This tree has been felled, only about 6" of its trunk remaining above ground.
Information from OS Reviser (MR) 12 December 1953
All that remains of this tree are grass-covered roots.
Visited by OS (SFS) 12 August 1975.
