Ancient fallen oak is chopped up
One of Britain's oldest trees, the Pontfadog Oak near Llangollen, was blown down in high winds earlier this year.
'Oldest oak tree' blown over
An oak tree in the Ceiriog Valley near Llangollen, which is thought to be the oldest in the UK, has collapsed.
Coed Cadw - the Welsh arm of the woodland conservation charity The Woodland Trust - says the Pontfadog Oak, the fattest in Wales, was covered in very heavy snow over the last month, and has now blown over in high winds.
A Facebook page on the tree says it is thought to be between 1,200 and 1,600 years old.
The charity says legend has it that Owain Gwynedd rallied his welsh troops under this tree in the 12th century and then went on to defeat Henry II in a great battle.
It says: "What a loss to history, biodiversity and landscape interests."
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