Panshanger
Panshanger
Panshanger Great Oak. The largest clear-stemmed oak in the
country, the Great Oak is believed to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I.
This ancient English oak (Quercus robur) has a well recorded history, including
a visit in 1789 by the Hampshire naturalist, Gilbert White. It was first
measured by Arthur Young in 1804 and then recorded by Strutt in his Sylvia
Britannica in 1830 as being 19 feet in circumference 3 feet from the ground.
Currently its girth is a massive 25 feet.
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