Forestry Memories

Haddo House Estate — Gale damage 1953

Haddo House Estate — Gale damage 1953

Date Added: 19 November 2014 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1953 Picture No: 2730

This Aberdeen Journals Photograph is courtesy of Aberdeen Journals and Forestry Commission, Moray and Aberdeenshire Forest District who hold the image.

The text on the back of the dramatic photograph ‘Section of 65 year old Scots pine and Norway spruce wood blown by Great Gale 31st January 1953. Sixty five years of growth laid low in as many minutes.’

The vast majority of trees have been uprooted but those that had a firmer hold have been beheaded and the bare stems stand forlorn among the fallen. See the larger version!

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Gale 1953, Northeast Scotland

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