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Archaeology and History of Medieval Sherwood Forest: the Medusa Oak: Icon of Medieval Sherwood Forest:
Named 'Medusa' by the Rangers at the Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve...
This beautiful ancient oak has survived an attempt to fell her in the not too distant past- and has sprung back to life with serpent-like branches reclaiming her former crown. She sits proud; shrouded in a skirt of moss and lichen surrounded by young oak saplings and slender Silver Birch...
Due north of the Major Oak, Medusa sits at the norteast boundary of Birklands wood (A crown wood in the heart of Medieval Sherwood Forest). A number of Medieval perambulations of the wood mention a boundary 'mere point' or marker known as 'Musmere' ( the mossy boundary mark)... one perambulation goes further and mentions 'A bound called Musmere Oake'. This location is at the northeast of Birklands wood...
Could this moss and lichen covered oak tree with its reborn crown of serpents be the Musmere Oak of Medieval tradition??
Veteran Trees of Epping Forest -- From http://www.favouritetrees.org/advancedsearch/results.cfm?search_string=tree_records.tree_status_id=7
...though not quite as old as the Medusa Oak, do however go deep into the 17th century... Theyv are a fantastic resource for study and to inspire and ponder
Archaeology and History of Medieval Sherwood Forest: the Medusa Oak: Icon of Medieval Sherwood Forest:
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| Picture: Medusa Oak in Birklands Wood, Sherwood Forest national Nature Reserve. |
Named 'Medusa' by the Rangers at the Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve...
This beautiful ancient oak has survived an attempt to fell her in the not too distant past- and has sprung back to life with serpent-like branches reclaiming her former crown. She sits proud; shrouded in a skirt of moss and lichen surrounded by young oak saplings and slender Silver Birch...
Due north of the Major Oak, Medusa sits at the norteast boundary of Birklands wood (A crown wood in the heart of Medieval Sherwood Forest). A number of Medieval perambulations of the wood mention a boundary 'mere point' or marker known as 'Musmere' ( the mossy boundary mark)... one perambulation goes further and mentions 'A bound called Musmere Oake'. This location is at the northeast of Birklands wood...
Could this moss and lichen covered oak tree with its reborn crown of serpents be the Musmere Oak of Medieval tradition??
Veteran Trees of Epping Forest -- From http://www.favouritetrees.org/advancedsearch/results.cfm?search_string=tree_records.tree_status_id=7
...though not quite as old as the Medusa Oak, do however go deep into the 17th century... Theyv are a fantastic resource for study and to inspire and ponder
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