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saplings. An alternative explanation is that the tree may have been pollarded. Pollarding is
a pruning system that can cause a tree’s trunk and branches to grow large and thick. Due
to their size and weight, the tree’s massive limbs require the partial support of an elaborate
system of scaffolding, which was first put in place during the Victorian era.
Interestingly, in 2002, someone attempted to illegally sell acorns from the Major Oak on an
internet-based auction website.
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