Nunhead's Argonath

The Argonath are the two colossal statues of Isildur and Anarion that stand either side of the great River Anduin, looking Northwards at travellers coming down the river from the direction of the Sarn Gebir. They guard the entrance to Nen Hithoel.

By comparison, these two trees appear to have been planted to guard the Westerly entrance to Nunhead Lane, at the point where it is crossed by Peckham Rye East.

Somewhat less prepossessing than the Argonath, it may be that their function is the same. However, rather embarrassingly I find I know somewhat less about these rather diminutive guardians of all that is Nunhead than I do about the statues on the Anduin. Sigh.