Maps

 Maps.

1. General Location

 Cairn and Pit Woods.

2.Cairn Wood.

3. Pit Wood. Compartments

4. Pit Wood. Rectangular sub Compartments. 

1.

O.S Map of North Nottinghamshire, showing the positions of Cairn and Pit Woods.
Tuxford is in the top left corner, the A1 on the left, and the Trent on the right.
The map predates their planting.   

2.

Forestry Commission map of Cairn Wood. The narrow strip of land between the A1 embankment and a mill stream.

The map shows two tracks that align with the A1 and terminate at the wood field. There is now a track joining the two, that is used as access to a Biodigester plant off the map to the North West. 

3.

The RPA map for The fields that form Pit Wood. The green areas were planted with trees when acquired. The reference numbers are related to the grid reference of the centre of the area. The red stars indicate there is no discernible boundary. 

The areas are referred to in the blog as:-

3046 .....Triangular.    Planted spring 2011

3843 .....Rectangular. Planted winter 2012/13

3343 .....Wind Break.  1970's Common Alder with a few conifers at the ends.

4153 .....Mixed.             1970's Mainly Scots Pine with a few Spruce and Sweet                                                       Chestnut.

                                         Largely Felled 2015/16 replanted with conifers and cherry.   

4064 ....Plantation       1970's Sycamore with Alder, and Red and Native Oaks.

               Tulip Wood.   Largely Felled 2015/16 replanted with conifers, Oak and                                                   Tulip trees.

4.

The sub areas of rectangular compartment. The the unspecifies area was originally planted spring 2013 with rows of Robinia, Sweet Chestnut, and Sycamore and Red Oak. The later were instead of Ash which not to be planted following the discovery of Ash Die Back.