🌳 The Portal Tree, Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
Ancient rowan tree with distinctive portal-like form
📌 Fast Facts
- A mature rowan tree located in Midlothian, Scotland
- Finalist in the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year 2022 competition (11% of votes, second place)
- Named for its distinctive form resembling a portal or gateway
- Situated in the landscaped grounds of a historic Scottish estate
The Portal Tree is a rowan that stands in the Loanhead area of Midlothian, Scotland. The tree gained wider recognition after reaching the final stages of the Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year competition in 2022, where it received 11% of the votes and placed second. Its name derives from the distinctive shape of its growth form, which observers liken to a portal or gateway to another world ...