The Mediaeval Oak
A tree, called the Mediaeval Oak (or Methuselah's Oak), situated in one of the tees for the golf course in the southern part of the park, is said to be 750 years old.
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Famous quotes containing the words mediaeval and/or oak:
““I am enchanted, believe me,
To die, thus,
In this mediaeval fashion,
According to the best legends;”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
“When the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)