Tree search
![]()
The Domesday Oak
Somerset
Recorded by: ATI admin, Treework Environmental Practice
-
Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.19m at a height of 1.10m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST55517213
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Parkland
-
{{comment.comment}}
Back to summary
![]()
The Domesday Oak
Somerset
Recorded by: ATI admin, Treework Environmental Practice
- Species:
- Pedunculate oak
- Form:
- Maiden
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 9.19m at a height of 1.10m
- 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:
- 43692
- Local or historic name:
- The Domesday Oak
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST55517213
- Public accessibility:
- Public - open access
- Surroundings:
- Parkland
- Ancient tree site:
- Ashton Court Park, Long Ashton
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Evidence of
- Fungi:
- Evidence of
- Invertebrates:
- Yes
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- ATI admin
- Recording organisation:
- Treework Environmental Practice
- Last visited:
- 19/07/2001
- First recorded:
- 19/07/2001
This oak, known as the Domesday Oak, with a girth of 9.19 m has to be recorded as ancient, not veteran.
26/03/2020 - tree reported as damaged, most likely storm damage. Substantial part of the stem remains, but a large section has broken off.
Little of the original tree now remains. The stump and remaining tree is now surrounded by brambles and other vegetation.
Much confusion over the true Domesday Oak. Photos 1 and 2 posted here are in fact of nearby tree ID 43691, which park staff assure me is the true Domesday Oak.