Fine Art View of the Majestic Ancient Oak Tree, Cathedral Oak (Quercus robur) (J09500), Furze Coppice, Savernake Forest, Marlborough, Wiltshire

            This ancient pollard is on the boundary of Furze Coppice, next to a well-used path. The 1999 notice claimed this to be the oldest Savernake Oak, from 996AD.  We believe that both Cathedral and Monarch are new names, but the notice has given rise to an even newer name - the 'Millennial Oak'. It is very difficult to estimate the age of an old tree and in fact this tree may not be the oldest Savernake oak as there is no evidence of a basal coppice ring. It has a very big head (it has not become stag headed) and only the third greatest girth of the Savernake oaks. As the tree is in good health and only slightly hollow, its girth (of 9.95m in 2000) should continue to expand at a reasonable rate, so it has the potential to become a champion in the future.

The Cathedral Oak is not on a parish boundary but on a boundary associated with the management of the Forest. Furze Coppice Lodge was the home of a 'quarter keeper', whose main occupation was to protect the deer. They had allowances of firewood, a few acres of land for their own sheep, cows and horses, fees from deer skins and selling fern. Yearly they had to mark the horses and domestic animals belonging to the inhabitants of Marlborough who had signed an Agistment Deed with the Forest Warden. In 1705 it cost eighteen pence for each mare and gelding to be marked.  
(Information provided by Dr. J.E.Oliver & Mrs Joan Davies, taken from a survey of Savernake's ancient and notable trees at the turn of the century).
   

Taken on: August 31, 2024

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