Cerne Valley Project update - clearing up another Cerne Giant!

This giant ash stool could well be over 500 years old. Click to enlarge image.

In March 2019, Storm Gareth blew apart one of the magnificent giant ancient ash stools along the bottom of the Cerne Giant Hill slopes. Possibly 500 years old. A group of the EuCAN Cerne Valley volunteers cleared the fallen branches in order to re-open the public footpath. The black stain visible in some of the cross-sections of the main boughs looks like a fungal infection. This might explain why the tree was vulnerable to windblow.

Photos taken by Paul Heron can be seen on our Flickr site – here.