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Oak burrs in abundance in the woods at Wallington - on the walk from the house to the garden. 2014
OAK BURR
Wallington
Oak burr by the Falls of Acharn, which flow down to Loch Tay
oak burr
Acharn
More about burrs
A battered hollow oak by the River Dove in Farndale, North Yorkshire.
Hollow Oak
Farndale
A fine oak viewed from the terrace of Blackwell, a beautiful Arts and Crafts house near the shores of Lake Windermere.
OAK
Blackwell, Windermere
A large holm oak, or evergreen oak, in the pleasuregrounds at Nostell Priory
Holm Oak
Nostell Priory
Imposing holm oak trunk at Nostell Priory.
HOLM OAK
Nostell Priory
The evergreen leaves of the holm oak look like holly leaves, hence its Latin name Quercus ilex.
HOLM OAK LEAVES
Nostell Priory
Oak stumps at Acorn Bank near Temple Sowerby.
OAK STUMPS
Acorn Bank
Old oaks seem appropriate next to a much older standing stone, all that remains of a Neolithic henge at Mayburgh, near Penrith.
OAKS and STANDING STONE
Mayburgh Henge
The large cork oak at Antony House
Cork oak - quercus suber
Antony House
This ancient oak is in Birnam Wood, on the opposite side of the River Tay to Dunkeld. Birnam wood features in Shakespeare's Macbeth - "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him"
THE BIRNAM OAK
Dunkeld, Perthshire
This ancient oak is in Birnam Wood, on the opposite side of the River Tay to Dunkeld. Birnam wood features in Shakespeare's Macbeth - "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him"
THE BIRNAM OAK
Dunkeld, Perthshire
This ancient oak is in Birnam Wood, on the opposite side of the River Tay to Dunkeld. Birnam wood features in Shakespeare's Macbeth - "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill Shall come against him"
The BIRNAM OAK
Dunkeld, Perthshire
