Stronardron Douglas fir is Britains tallest tree

A group of specialist arboriculturalists have established that the Stronardron Douglas fir is the tallest tree in Great Britain.

The expedition is chronicled on Tree Climbers International website.

The fir, which was measured as being 63.79 metres, grows in the grounds of Dunans Castle in Argyll was climbed on the 20th February 2009 by a team from Sparsholt College in Hampshire.

The results of the climb were verified by the Tree Register who are responsible for logging all of the UK's trees.

Specialist climbers Mark Tansley and Steve Woollard, who are both lecturers at Sparsholt and professional climbers, have spent ten months planning the exhibition.

The other trees to be measured were Hermitage Douglas Fir in Dunkeld, Perthshire measuring 61.31 metres and Grand Fir at Blair Castle, Perthshire.