Throughout the forest you often see trunks with growths on, but not many a knobbly as this old Beech. From the ground up this tree is looks like it's had giant worms burrow under its bark or it's bark was once fluid, it really is unusual. Though when young it mist have been straight and true, as it carries the Admiralty arrow, cut into the trunk about 2 meters from the ground. All the mature Beech in this area carry the arrow and would once have been destined for Royal Navy vessels, though times changed and they were spared the axe and saw.
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