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The Capon Oak Tree is one of the last surviving trees of the ancient Scottish Jedforest. It is close to the A68 and
Jed Water The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Borders region of Scotland. In total the Jed Water is over long and it falls . It flows into the Teviot near Jedfoot Bridge () two miles north of Jedburgh. Jed Water rises f ...
, a small river which has cut a course below soft
sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
cliffs. The
Sessile Oak ''Quercus petraea'', commonly known as the sessile oak, Welsh oak, Cornish oak, Irish oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unof ...
tree was said to be in the top fifty trees in the UK in 2002 and in the top 10 in 2024.


Description

It is located south of
Jedburgh Jedburgh ( ; ; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire. History Jedburgh began as ''Jedworð'', the "worth" or enclosed settlem ...
, Scotland, west of the A68. The Capon Tree is held together with
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,
brick A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ...
s and timber beams supporting its
trunk Trunk may refer to: Biology * Trunk (anatomy), synonym for torso * Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure, and the stem of woody plants * Trunk of corpus callosum, in neuroanatomy * Elephant trunk, the proboscis of an elephant Comput ...
and
branches A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins. History and etymology In Old English, there are numerous words for branch, includi ...
due to a massive split down the middle of the trunk. The tree's trunk is about ten metres in diameter and it continued to grow in 2022. The tree is estimated to be about 1,000 years old and it may have survived being felled because of its distorted shape making its wood useless for making ships. In 2002 grants were given to enable work to extend its life. It is an important icon and for 75 years the tree is visited annually during the annual Jethart Callant's Festival where the Callant is decorated with a sprig from the Capon tree. The Capon Tree was one of the 50
Great British Trees The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. England Western England * Tortworth Chestnut in Tortworth, Gloucestershire * W ...
selected by
The Tree Council The Tree Council was founded in 1973 in the United Kingdom, and became a Charitable organization#Registration, registered charity in 1978. Its primary objective is to act as an umbrella organisation for local groups involved in the planting, car ...
in 2002 the year of the Queen's Golden Jubilee and in 2024 it was in the short list for "Tree of the Year". Trees are being replanted in the Borders to establish a renewal of the ancient 'Caledon Wood,' or great northern forest, which included
Ettrick Forest Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south. It de ...
and Jedforest.


See also

*
List of Great British Trees The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the Queen's Golden Jubilee. England Western England * Tortworth Chestnut in T ...


References


External links


Recorded information about the Capon Oak on the Ancient Tree HuntJedburgh.orgSNH
Individual oak trees Individual trees in Scotland Jedburgh {{coord, 55.46219, -2.554628, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title