The ivy-covered tree is a hawthorn and really detracts from this monument. It’s on private land adjacent to the DSPCA site, who use it in their publicity material, but don’t take responsibility for it. There is a legal trespass warning sign there now. There has been quite a lot of clearance work over the last while, but there is a general air of indifference and neglect about the place – shame really because this is an impressive structure.
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