2006
NY6529 : Pollarded sycamore and traditional cottages, Millburn
taken 19 years ago, near to Milburn, Cumbria, England

Pollarded sycamore and traditional cottages, Millburn.
Pollarding is a traditional management of trees whereby branches are cut off some distance above the ground, the action being repeated every decade or so. Old pollards have fat trunks with smaller branches above and may live to a great age.