Unmanaged conifer woodland in Orkney is rare. The block of Norway Spruce is protected by a few mature broadleaves, mostly sycamore but with a few rowan.
Within the wood it is dark and generally devoid of undergrowth, except where the light penetrates near the edges.
The road and woodland straddles the old broch of Long Howe and is not very far from the mysterious Mine Howe
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