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Tree Record 4197

Common Name English Oak Scientific Name Quercus robur
Updated Status
Other ( Feb 2024) Covered with ivy and some brambles with ground vegetation surrounding tree - obscuring hollow trunk.
Other ( Apr 2015) Cherry growing beside oak removed
Grid Reference SU 75102 65602 Recorder Code ANBT15 Parish Arborfield & Newland
Girth  [DBH] 3.6m    [1.15m] Height of girth 1.5m Measurement Date 01-May-10
Tree Form Stump Alive or Dead Alive Standing or Fallen Standing
Setting Bridlepath / Footpath, Parish Boundary
Location Great Copse - south side of byway at its junction with Castle Hill
Tree Condition Threatened
Extra Tree Features Burnt
Extra Habitat Features oak apple gall
Comments Known as “Bound Oak” and historically marked the boundary between Arborfield and Swallowfield. Found on the 1876 6” OS Map. Burnt out trunk but higher branch in leaf. Mentioned in 1922 W.I. History of Arborfield and Newland as “quite 650 years old”.
Access Public access Evidence of Bats None recorded Evidence of Invertebrates None recorded
Local Tree Number 24 Local Area Code 16 Local Action Note
Photos 4277.jpg, 5729.jpg, 5730.jpg, 5731.jpg, 7445.jpg, 10635.jpg, 10634.jpg, 15474.jpg, 15473.jpg, 15472.jpg, 15471.jpg, 15470.jpg Record Created 11-Jul-10 Record Last Modified 28-Jun-24
Ancient Tree Inventory Number 66201 Ancient Tree Inventory Classification Notable
Verified by SH01 Verification date 01-Jun-11
Related document Arborfield Local History Society - Bound Oak
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