Pollarding of trees in the New Forest was stopped in 1698 under the direction of the Royal Navy needing the Oak and Beech timber for shipbuilding in the ‘Act for the Increase and Preservation of Timber in the New Forest’. So, when you see trees of this nature they are well in excess 300 years old; these majestic Beeches at Mark Ash were already a good few years old when this act came in to force.Monday 5 December 2011
Pollards past
Pollarding of trees in the New Forest was stopped in 1698 under the direction of the Royal Navy needing the Oak and Beech timber for shipbuilding in the ‘Act for the Increase and Preservation of Timber in the New Forest’. So, when you see trees of this nature they are well in excess 300 years old; these majestic Beeches at Mark Ash were already a good few years old when this act came in to force.
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