Otterbourne

2009 – Hugo Egleston: The trees were measured at the highest point on the bank and the narrowest point before roots fan out. Girths of the largest two, male and female, were 18′ 6” (564cm) and 17′ (518cm). They grow side by side in the bottom of the pit; not only do the roots fuse together, but branches also grow into one another. The tape had to be threaded through a tunnel between the trees to obtain individual girth measurements.
2016 – Peter Norton: Measurement around both trunks was 26′ ((792cm) at the narrowest point. These trees are already growing into each other and in a few hundred years it may be difficult to recognise them as two trees.