A Mystery Solved? Perhaps? You decide…

I’ve often found myself talking to myself and after looking at old sketches of myself I’ve began wondering why.

The earliest sketch of me drawn by Hayman Rooke in 1790 (see previous posting) shows me in a treeless landscape and without the tree or stem to my left. This has made me think, ‘Do I have a relatively ‘young’ tree growing in my original patch of ground, that I have gradually retreated from due to my ancient age?’

My human intrepreter has been keenly awaiting the arrival of my acorns this year as they believed this might hold the answer…

Me in the forground with a dead part of my orginal bole (trunk), with the possible intruder behind.

Whilst I’m certainly a Pedunculate Oak, Quercus robur. My acorns clearly have stalks.

 

My near neighbour, seems to be a Sessile Oak, Quercus petraea.

 As its acorns have no stalks

And so I find myself appealing to the human experts on this matter. Do I have a Sessile Oak growing just next to me? Or is it part of my original bole and girth that has managed to survive the hollowing out process but turned Sessile?

My oldest images against the most recent

Hayman Rooke 1790 Image from Remarkable Oaks

Photo from 18-12-2016 from the same direction as Hayman Rooke 1790 Sketch

By WHJ Boot 1875 in Robert Whites Book
Worksop, the Dukery & Sherwood Forest

Phtoto 18-12-16 from same direction as WHJ Boots 1875 Image

I think these images show I have successfully survived my hollowing out experience and I’m looking in better shape that I was 226 years ago.

First blog post

Welcome to a depositary for details and information on the Parliament Oak.

The Parliament Oak may also occasionally speak and offer us words of wisdom and he does frequently tweet.

Old images of the Ancient Oak are also to be found.

There is much collating to be done.

If you can help please get in touch.