The Beauly wych elm. The ghost left by Dutch elm disease

THIS spectral image is, of course, not a standard photographic panorama. It’s a 3D representation created by Historic Environment Scotland from laser scans of the 800-year old wych or Scotch elm which stands at the entrance to Beauly priory. Its ghostliness is appropriate. For, according to recent research, this elm, which is believed to have been already there when the priory was founded, is only now five percent alive.

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