Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Talsi
Parish: Lībagas
Other references to the location
On the side of a forest road, on the verge of a small open area-meadow. It can be difficult to find it if one looks for it without a map or GPS. Populated places are quite far, the surroundings lonely.
Coordinates
lat=57.1698833333, lon=22.7214833333
57° 10′ 11″ N, 22° 43′ 17″ E
Description
A secular tree that in nowadays is situated in deep woods and far from populated areas and highways. The circumference of the old oak has reached 5.58 m. It is dead for about 50 %.
Narrative
There is a tale that it is an old sacrificial oak-tree. There used to be in those woods an ancient cult site – holy forest. Though, such a place has not been identified. The Andumi place name was found already in some real estate purchase document of the 15th century.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Quite easily accessible. There is a small wooden identification sign at the object. Located on the side of a road, in the woods.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
There have been no facilitation and maintenance works performed within the territory. At the oak there is a small wooden identification sign “Vecmuižas dižozols 5,6 m” (“Vecmuiža Secular Oak 5.6 m”).
Local info
There is no information stand on site
Capacity
10 – 40
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
State property
Comments
Called also the Vecmuiža Oak (Vecmuižas ozols).