Cat P 48

The forest never stops throwing up surprises. Take this graffitied Holly tree, I would've never thought a tree this size could have been so old, but the graffiti, which reads 'Cat P 48, suggests this Ilex is way older than 65 years old. Another surprise is that the graffiti appears not to have stretched or distorted, suggesting that in 65 years the trunk has not grown any. Of course, that's all reliant on the 48 representing the year carved and not something else. Scarring looks old though, and the tree a good height.