Article 6SM6Z Community turns ancient oak into single-tree table in Devon woodland

Community turns ancient oak into single-tree table in Devon woodland

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Amelia Hill
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6SM6Z)

Table to seat 60 being built by local artists and craftspeople in woodland on edge of Dartmoor

A community in Devon has raised 22,555 to turn a 500-year-old oak tree into what they believe will be the longest table ever crafted from a single English oak tree.

The 18 metre-long (59ft) Great Oak Table, capable of seating 60 people, was being built in a small patch of private woodland near Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor.

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