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The Lime tree avenue at Burghley Park was planted in 1700. It has been felled in 2006 and is being replanted.
We acquired some of the felled timber.
The following sequence of pictures shows it being transformed from felled trees to sawn timber


Lime Trunks
 
 
Moving the logsLoading
 
   Sawing  
 
    
 
    




Joe Sedlmaier from Norfolk carved this piece from a block of the Lime.
It is based on a Jacobean door design.
Maureen Hockley carved this figure from a block of this Lime
This is a very rare piece of Burr Yew
 brown ash  Brown Ash boards
Timber Stacks seasoning
First Grade English Oak air drying 

Burr Oak Board 

 2 inch English Ash
yew  Yew

elmElm
burr oak  Burr Oak      burr oak
 
Camphor Lauler BurrCamphor Laurel Burr