2016

SJ9819 : Ancient Oak in Brocton Coppice

taken 8 years ago, near to Brocton, Staffordshire, England

Ancient Oak in Brocton Coppice
Ancient Oak in Brocton Coppice
The 500 year old Sessile Oaks of Brocton Coppice may have inspired JRR Tolkien. The author was stationed at the Great War training camps on Cannock Chase at various times from November 1915 to 1918.
Army Camps on Cannock Chase

For more information on the First World War camps on Cannock Chase see
John M's article on Geograph Link
and on Staffordshire Past Track LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Woodland, Forest other tags: Ancient Woodland WWI JRR Tolkien Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Old Oaks [4] · Ancient Oak [3] ·
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SJ9819, 39 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John M   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 13 October, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 14 October, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 986 197 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:46.5148N 2:1.2871W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 986 197
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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