Location
State: Latvia
Region: Riga
County: Limbaži
Parish: Limbaži
Other references to the location
Situated on the slope in SW direction of the Skomaki homestead
Coordinates
lat=57.4366666667, lon=24.7972222222
57° 26′ 12″ N, 24° 47′ 49″ E
Description
The Skomaki Linden is a large and, beyond doubt, an old tree, which has split in the middle into two parts (trunks of 5.4 and 4.8 m in circumference). The broken trunks are lying on the branches, which are leaning against the ground. The surroundings of the linden are being overgrow by new birch trees and rowan trees; there are also other larger trees on the slope. There were attempts to facilitate the surroundings, but it has been done in a rather unconvincing way. The circumference of the linden at the height of 0.7 m, where the trunk starts to split apart, is 7.64 m, height of about 16 m, the projection of the crown is 190 sq. m (size taken from: Dabas retumu krātuve (Nature Rarities Storage). There are no reliable news that the Skomaki Linden used to be a tree related to some kinds of believes.
Attraction
Attractive
Availability
Accessible by crossing a private homestead’s yard.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
None
Local info
None
Capacity
0 – 9
Publicity
Unknown
Legal Status
Private
Comments
The object is visually impressive.