The Bale Oaks, Bale
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The Bale Oaks, Bale
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 30 Oct 2008
These are evergreen holm oaks (Quercus Ilex), and have been National Trust property since 1919. They may have been planted to commemorate the Bale Oak, although there is a record of oaks being planted in 1617. The Bale Oak was an enormous tree with a trunk 36 feet (11m) in circumference. By the early 18C it was hollow and ten men could stand inside. It was severely pollarded in 1795, and never recovered. It was cut down in 1860. A wooden sculpture now marks the approximate position of the tree,
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Image Location
Latitude
52.890167
Longitude
0.986324