Knockmandown wood
Knockmandown wood was an area of woodland fringing medieval
meadowland. As a part of the Romilly estate the woodland was
managed and coppiced producing a very different habitat from the
other woods nearby with a carpet of primroses and orchids.
In the 1950s the local authorities undertook large planting
schemes of larch and beech. The woodland is now even-aged with an
open canopy and well-developed shrub and ground layers.
This gives the woodland a light, open feel that allows plants
such as ground ivy, ferns and stinking iris and beautiful
primroses and butterfly orchid.
There are many tree species in the woodland too, including
sycamore, hazel, beech, birch, beech and oak. Smaller trees include
elder, bramble, blackthorn, guelder rose, holly, wych elm, hazel,
spindle and dogwood.
Knockmandown wood is the first point of contact for many people
and has a new trail running through it.
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