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Covenanters Oak
North Lanarkshire
Recorded by: Not specified, Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
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Tree of the Year – Shortlisted
Scotland, 2019
- Species:
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 6.70m at a height of 1.00m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- North Lanarkshire
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NS75905498
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Parkland
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Covenanters Oak
North Lanarkshire
Recorded by: Not specified, Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
- Species:
- Sessile oak
- Form:
- Pollard
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 6.70m at a height of 1.00m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Hollowing trunk, Hollowing branches
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 257
- Local or historic name:
- Covenanters Oak
- County:
- North Lanarkshire
- Country:
- Scotland
- Grid reference:
- NS75905498
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Parkland
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Evidence of, Lichen, Moss, Fern
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- Ancient Tree Hunt Project (HLF)
- Last visited:
- 01/01/2008
- First recorded:
- 01/01/2008
This oak tree on the Dalzell Estate in Motherwell is over 800 years old and formed part of a deer park planted by King David I. From 1638 to 1688, the Scottish Covenanters sought religious and civil freedom, refusing to subscribe to the view that the monarch was spiritual head of the Church. Under threat of death for their beliefs, Covenanters had to hold clandestine outdoor services, and hundreds attended worship beneath this tree.