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(39,166 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:57 PM Apr 2013

1,300 year old Welsh oak tree blown down by wind [View all]

"The tree was blown down during galeforce winds on Wednesday night. The oldest oak in Wales – and probably one of the oldest oak trees in northern Europe – has grown in the Ceiriog Valley near Chirk, north Wales, since 802 and measured 12.9m in girth. Legend states that the Welsh prince Owain Gwynedd rallied his army under the tree in 1157, before defeating the English King Henry ll at the nearby battle of Crogen, and that the tree was spared when Henry had his men cut down the Ceiriog woods in 1165."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/picture/2013/apr/19/wales-oldest-oak-tree-big-picture

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1,300 year old Welsh oak tree blown down by wind [View all] wtmusic Apr 2013 OP

It just tipped over. Help it back up. IADEMO2004 Apr 2013 #1

I wonder if that's possible. wtmusic Apr 2013 #3

No its not dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #5

If they were to do that wtmusic Apr 2013 #14

Falling has severed its main roots dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #16

Makes sense. wtmusic Apr 2013 #17

I noticed that elsewhere today here in the UK dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #2

I wonder if there's something they could do to shore these up somehow -- before gateley Apr 2013 #8

After this occurence dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #10

Wales still has one of the very ancients ... DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #4

Whoa! gateley Apr 2013 #7

It should have the caption Politicalboi Apr 2013 #6

You had a 40 foot girth dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #9

This is horrible but... HighSpringsFL Apr 2013 #11

you can see the butt end of the tree in the photo.. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #12

Sad and freaky: I am a descendant of Owain Gwynedd. kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #13

Almost like a member of your family tree...was a real one. wtmusic Apr 2013 #15

I'm the family genealogist. Once you find a connection to British royalty, you're pretty much kestrel91316 Apr 2013 #18