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The Allerton Oak is an Irish oak tree in Calderstones Park in Liverpool, England. It is thought to be around 1,000 years old and is described as the oldest oak in North West England . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is reputed to have been the setting for a medieval hundred court and said to have been damaged in an 1864 gunpowder explosion.
Red finds a box buried at the base of a stone wall in the shade of the oak. [5] The box contains a letter from Andy and cash to buy a bus ticket to join him in Mexico. [3] In the film, Andy describes the tree as "like something out of a Robert Frost poem". [10] The oak has been described as among the most iconic trees in film history. [2]
Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of downtown Ottawa. [3] It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7 , halfway between the towns of Perth , Almonte , Smiths Falls , and the nation's capital , Ottawa .
Carleton University is located at the opposite side of the Canal. At a latitude of 45°, it can experience extremely hot and humid summers and extremely cold winters. It displays a wide range of well-established trees and shrubs with the intention of evaluating their hardiness, including 1,700 different species and varieties. [1]
Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States.The population was 2,994 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The tree has a girth of 14.02 metres (46.0 ft) measured at 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) off the ground, making it the UK's largest and widest tree since the collapse of the Newland Oak in Gloucestershire, [1] [2] [3] surpassing trees such as the Bowthorpe Oak in Lincolnshire and the three large sweet chestnut trees at Canford School, Dorset. [3]
The trees were named after the ancient apocalyptic figures Gog and Magog. [ 1 ] The trees are believed to have been originally part of a ceremonial avenue towards the Glastonbury Tor , the avenue was cut down in 1906 to make way for a farm, with the timber being sold to J. Snow & Son, a local timber merchant. [ 2 ]
The Washington Oak is a protected ancient white oak tree in Princeton, New Jersey, USA that overlooks the Princeton Battlefield State Park.The International Society of Arboriculture and the Tree Care Industry Association jointly recognize the Washington Oak as having lived at the time of the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787.