THE OAK TREE IN ESSEX.
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Fig. 14.—Oak at Great Yeldham.
seven feet three quarters, but the height is not in proportion to the bulk ; the
stem from the branches being not above twelve feet high, and the height of the
whole not exceeding eighty feet. At the place where this oak stands, the road
from Braintree is divided into the form of a letter Y."
This tree is in a much decayed condition. Every care has been
taken to preserve the trunk as far as possible by building it up with
cement, and otherwise supporting it. The view I give of it was
taken from a field adjoining the road.
Twinsted Oak.—At Twinsted, opposite the church, there is a
Fig. 15.—Twinsted Oak.
grand oak, with a bole having a girth of twenty seven feet.
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