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Huge Gnarly Trunk of 'Old Knobbley' (Quercus robur), Ancient Oak Tree, Furze Hill Woodland, Mistley, Essex
Earlier in the year I visited the small hamlet of Mistley, the site of a number of aged oak trees including this one, aptly named 'Old Knobbley'. Old Knobbley is an 800 year old Pendunculate Oak or English Oak (Quercus robur) with a trunk girth of 9.6m at a height of 0.3m, widening vastly as it rises.
It is a gigantic tree with a huge trunk, full of burrs and knots, although not particularly tall. It has survived an attempt to burn it down a few years ago and who knows what else it may have witnessed in the last 800 years or so.
I shall not give any further information about this marvel as it is the only tree in the UK, to my knowledge, to have its own website, book and facebook page.
Huge Gnarly Trunk of 'Old Knobbley' (Quercus robur), Ancient Oak Tree, Furze Hill Woodland, Mistley, Essex
Earlier in the year I visited the small hamlet of Mistley, the site of a number of aged oak trees including this one, aptly named 'Old Knobbley'. Old Knobbley is an 800 year old Pendunculate Oak or English Oak (Quercus robur) with a trunk girth of 9.6m at a height of 0.3m, widening vastly as it rises.
It is a gigantic tree with a huge trunk, full of burrs and knots, although not particularly tall. It has survived an attempt to burn it down a few years ago and who knows what else it may have witnessed in the last 800 years or so.
I shall not give any further information about this marvel as it is the only tree in the UK, to my knowledge, to have its own website, book and facebook page.