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Brimmon Oak
Powys
Recorded by: Robert McBride, Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Winner
Wales, 2016
This tree came 2nd in the 2017 European Tree of the Year competition with 16, 203 votes
- Species:
- Oak
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 6.80m at a height of 1.50m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Powys
- Country:
- Wales
- Grid reference:
- SO12349129
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access
- Surroundings:
- Field
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Brimmon Oak
Powys
Recorded by: Robert McBride, Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
- Species:
- Oak
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 6.80m at a height of 1.50m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown, Decaying wood on the ground
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 96586
- Local or historic name:
- Brimmon Oak
- County:
- Powys
- Country:
- Wales
- Grid reference:
- SO12349129
- Public accessibility:
- Private - visible from public access
- Surroundings:
- Field
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen
- Fungi:
- Evidence of
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Robert McBride
- Recording organisation:
- Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
- Recorded on:
- 06/05/2009
I have the family, who's land the tree is on, visiting me today. They have informed me that the tree is under threat because of the proposed by-pass of Newtown. The family want to have the road moved 15 meters to save the tree and nearby pond that has Crested Newts.