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Panorama of 'The Bruce Oak' (F08044/0220/0051), Savernake Forest, Marlborough Wiltshire
This magnificent ancient oak tree pollard can be found 30m north of Great Lodge Drive. It is a Quercus petraea, otherwise known as a Sessile or Durmast Oak. It has a massive nodular trunk, contorted and spiralled up above 5m, with a girth of 6.17m and a lopsided irregular coppice base of 7.5m.
This tree is named after the Bruce family who inherited the wardenship/ownership of Savernake from the Seymours, the family of the third wife of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour.
Panorama of 'The Bruce Oak' (F08044/0220/0051), Savernake Forest, Marlborough Wiltshire
This magnificent ancient oak tree pollard can be found 30m north of Great Lodge Drive. It is a Quercus petraea, otherwise known as a Sessile or Durmast Oak. It has a massive nodular trunk, contorted and spiralled up above 5m, with a girth of 6.17m and a lopsided irregular coppice base of 7.5m.
This tree is named after the Bruce family who inherited the wardenship/ownership of Savernake from the Seymours, the family of the third wife of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour.