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Magog
Glastonbury, Somerset
Recorded by: Not specified
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.11m at a height of 1.20m History
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST52163933
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Bridlepath / footpath, Avenue
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Magog
Glastonbury, Somerset
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 8.11m at a height of 1.20m History
- Condition:
- Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 28798
- Local or historic name:
- Magog
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST52163933
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Bridlepath / footpath, Avenue
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Lichen, Moss
- Fungi:
- Other
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 03/08/2021
- First recorded:
- 28/09/2008
I was amazed to find that the amazing old oaks at Glastonbury hadn't been recorded! They are supposed the descendants of an avenue of oaks planted by druids thousands of years ago (see http://www.welcometoglastonbury.co.uk/2007/12/gog-and-magog.html ). We first visited them in the late 1980s when a wooden fence was all that separated you from the trees. Now there is a hedge - but there's still a way through! Gog is dead, but we managed to find 2 acorns from Magog (she seems very barren) and these were brought back and planted. There is a photo of a fungus - I couldn't ID it - don't think it is Beefsteak fungus?
BTW, the grid ref is approximate as there are no features on the ATH map in that area!