Many people thought this tree was hit by lightning hence its name locally. The split was caused when a rope was fixed to it to help remove the wreckage of a plane that crashed on 30th October 1942. A metal brace has been added to the trunk to prevent further splitting.
Uploaded to Geograph by michael on 15 July 2012
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