The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea
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The Monwode Oak, Monwode Lea
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 17 Oct 2023
This remarkable ancient oak has hollowed and split into two halves, which continue to grow. The tree stands at a field boundary by a public footpath; a boundary fence runs between its two halves. It is overshadowed by a larger, younger oak. The old oak is listed by the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory as an ancient tree, a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), 9.32m in girth at a height of 1.4m https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/tree-search/tree?treeid=224522&from=3523&v=2395484&ml=map&z=16&nwLat=52.521221154191636&nwLng=-1.6090820501422698&seLat=52.514287713370464&seLng=-1.6001985738849456#/ . Steven Falk has also written about this tree; estimating its age is difficult as so many growth rings are missing, but on the evidence of its girth he believes it may be more than 900 years old. See his The Veteran Trees of Warwickshire https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349330488_The_Veteran_Trees_of_Warwickshire .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.519049
Longitude
-1.605177
