5088
[DIAG]

Levens Park. Approx plan.
Bobbins weighed out while green,
finished when partly dry, then
[illeg] kiln-dried.
5090
The park lies on both sides of the R.
Kent; the bridge has fallen down.
Levens Hall is separated by the A6,
which crosses by a big stone bridge.
Mostly old grassland with
much Luzula Campestris etc.
The river is fast, a little polluted,
in a gorge with clffs in places
(in one place a great limestone
overhang), broadening into a little
flood-plain below.
Formal trees.
1. Oaks of c. 1690, forming
avenues and a row round the
apparent margin of the park.
All robur. Very variable. Not
usually very spreading, but sinu-
ous. About 40% of the originals
survive, most of the gaps are
replaced by 2nd-gen. oaks, but