Miro CollasJun 17

‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies | Trees and forests | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies

"Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers"

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‘Most famous tree in the world’: Sherwood Forest’s 1,000-year-old Major oak dies

Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summers

The Guardian
Show threadUkeleleEricJun 18
@Miro_Collas My wife says it was obviously dying for a long while, she can remember a school trip when you could not only walk right up to it and climb it, and get inside the hollow trunk, but before they put in any of the many branch supports that held up the branches. Oaks that last beyond 1000 years are rare, and, at 1200, despite the myths, this one is too young for Robin Hood to have known it. As it rots in situ, it will continue to be part of the forest.
Show threadRBuzz

@UkeleleEric @Miro_Collas

Wouldn't the tree have been several hundred years old by the time of Robin Hood?

*Edited for a typo

Jun 18 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadUkeleleEricJun 18
@RBuzz @Miro_Collas The myth was that the tree was large at the time, and even some myths say it was hollow and they met inside. A young oak in the forest would not have been anything special. Mind you, most of the Robin Hood myth is a confabulation of several myths about probably different people in different places, mixed in with much Hollywood.