This famous tree is reputed to be one of the remaining trees of Birnam Wood, made famous by Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Sometimes known as 'MacBeth's Oak' it is unlikely that it was around to see Birnam Wood move to Dunsinane Hill around 1057 but it is centuries old and is a remnant of a great medieval oakwood - the legendary Birnam Wood, immortalised by Shakespeare - which existed in this area.

I think the props on the big low branches, are what will kill this t ree before its time: the law spreading branches would naturally sag till the whole tree is leaning on its elbows. The only thing to do now, is to jack up the one remaining big branch, take out the prop, put back a prop that's a few inches shorter, and do that every year till the last branch is touching the ground . Otherwise, the whole tree is going to split In 3 and collapse outwards

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