Stuc an t - lobairt

In 1837 Loudon recorded a girth of 13′.
June 1999 – Andy McGeeney: Robert the Bruce’s tree is on hillside next to a cottage. Girth was 20′, an increase of 7′ in 160 years. The tree is similar in structure to the Craigends yew, with big low buttressed branches. Girth was 6.10m (20′ 0”) at the ground excluding the side root and the cut off shoot. Massive sections had been cut off in recent times. The ground was littered with the old wood. Sulphur fungus was seen on the tree in a few places. Bluebells and foxgloves surrounding the tree, which was shaded heavily by an oak. Some dead branches, not looking healthy though the roots look ok. A broad squat old tree clasping a big rocky outcrop overlooking the main A 82 road and the Loch below. The massive roots and the rock below are of a similar tone and colour creating the effect that the tree has merged with the rock. Mosses and lichens cover both.
It is one of Scotland’s Heritage Trees, featuring in Heritage Trees of Britain and Northern Ireland by Jon Stokes and Donald Rodger.
A girth of 6.27m (20′ 7”) at 60cm was recorded for the Ancient Tree Inventory in 2007.