The reverence (not ‘worship’, as many mistakenly proclaimed) of great trees – be they oaks, ash, or the witch-ridden elders – is universal and found in all cultures. Equally so in the British Isles. In all animistic traditions, trees are imbued with spirits of various forms and are the focus of rites and moots, as well as the source of a great many medicines. Their reverence is as much an integral part of our natural cosmos as stones, wells, streams, mountains, etc.
- Adam & Eve’s Oak, Brierley – see Adam’s Oak
- Adam’s Oak, Brierley, South Yorkshire
- Bogle Bush, Collace, Perthshire
- Crown Tree, Keillor, Perthshire
- Druid’s Holly, Killin, Perthshire
- Druid’s Oak, Caton, Lancashire
- Fair-Haia, Carlton, West Yorkshire
- Fairy Oak, Killin, Perthshire
- Fortingall Yew, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
- Gospel Oak, Hanborough, Oxfordshire
- Hanging Tree, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
- Hanging Tree, Killin, Perthshire
- Maiden’s Oak, Baswich, Staffordshire
- Maypole Tree, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire
- St. Fillan’s Ash, Killin, Perthshire
- Snow’s Oak, Acton Trussel, Staffordshire
- Trysting Tree, Harthill, South Yorkshire
- Wallace’s Oak, Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
- Witch Tree, Aberuthven, Perthshire
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