PINUS SYLVESTRIS GROVE
Strathkellar Road STRATHKELLAR, Southern Grampians Shire
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Statement of Significance
The grove of fifteen Pinus sylvestris which are believed to be a landscape feature designed to be viewed from the garden of nearby Strathkellar (now Old Strathkellar) are located on a rise overlooking the site of the (old) Strathkellar homestead. It is thought that they were planted about the same time as the garden at Old Strathkellar, which was undertaken for the then owner, Thomas McKellar. The trees within the grove are in mixed condition from good to fair, but as a whole retain a high degree of integrity.
How is it significant?
The grove of trees is of aesthetic and historical significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
The grove of trees is of historical significance for its associations with the garden at Old Strathkellar, and through this, with Thomas McKellar. Aesthetically, the grove is a dominant landscape feature on the Strathkellar Road, and draws the eye to the dramatic visual of the trees silhouette on the skyline.
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PINUS SYLVESTRIS GROVE - Physical Conditions
The trees are in mixed condition from good to fair.
PINUS SYLVESTRIS GROVE - Physical Description 1
A grove of at least fifteen Pinus sylvestris or Scots Pines planted on a substantial rise as a landscape feature. The grove, the best preserved and most obvious, is related to other groves of similar and different trees planted on both sides of the Strathkellar Road. The trees are native to western and northern Europe and Russia. Although now rare, a few native stands remain in Scotland but nowhere else in Britain. For this association and because they were endorsed by horticultural writers in the nineteenth century, they were planted nostalgically and picturesquely in the Western District.
PINUS SYLVESTRIS GROVE - Integrity
High degree of integrity
PINUS SYLVESTRIS GROVE - Physical Description 2
Thomas McKellar
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
Grading:
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