Found a very, very old Oak

[alex_m]

The landowner claimed it to be 'the oldest in the uk' verified by national trust...

Not sure how true that is and hard to find any info on the net.

Its near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire.

Anyway, it's a cracking tree and well worth sharing, and certainly 'ancient'

 

 

The middle is completely dead and it has effectively turned into two separate trees.

[sean]

cool.....only quarter of an hour from me....fancy showing me some time??

 

I think the oldest oak in the uk up until it went over a few weeks ago was the Pontfadog Oak

 

A PRIVATE TREE...The Pontfadog Oak is one of the oldest oak trees in the world! It is said to be between 1,200-1,600 years old and may have been growing when the Romans were still in Britain! Permission to visit the tree can be requested via the Tree Council London. As of the 18th April 2013 the tree is entering a new phase of its existence...

[sean]

Have you checked to see if its on the Ancient Tree Forum's Database? If it isnt it definately needs to go on there.

[alex_m]

I did check on there and it isn't listed on the map.

I'll see about getting it on the if not...

[sean]

so fancy hooking up there sometime? We can measure and log it? As its not far from me would love to visit.

[alex_m]

Yeh sure, but will definitely need the landowners permission, i'll see if i can get his phone number from the paper work tomorrow.

[muttley9050]

so fancy hooking up there sometime? We can measure and log it? As its not far from me would love to visit.

 

Shouldnt turn a tree like that into logs:thumbup:

[Mark Bolam]

Ha ha, classic Muttley!

 

Let us know how you go fellas, nothing in the pics to give a scale of the girth.

[Andy Clark]

Another one to try is TROBI.....

 

http://www.treeregister.org/index.php

 

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