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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | This is what currently remains of the well-known 'Trysting Tree' on the East end of the hill top. This was described in Jim Wilkes, 'Trees of the British Isles in History and Legend' (1972)- "A very large ash tree at Torberry Hill... stands near the site of an Iron Age encampment. Known as the Trysting Tree... By tradition it was the site of meetings, and was also possibly a "court" tree. If we accept that ash trees can live for several hundred years (though thay have not the longevity of oak) the tradition that the Hundred Court used to be held beneath the tree is fairly acceptable - though more likely it marks the site of a predecessor, probably an oak, a more usual witness of trystings. The position of this tree in relation to the adjoining mounds may signify that its predecessors may have marked the site of pagan religious ceremonies rather than the legal ones of later ages."
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