Location
State: Latvia
Region: Kurzeme
County: Talsi
Parish: Lauciene
Other references to the location
On the edge of the Jūrmala–Talsi highway, on the verge of the forest, 10 m off the road.
Coordinates
lat=57.2310333333, lon=22.6885333333
57° 13′ 51″ N, 22° 41′ 18″ E
Description
The circumference of the oak is 5.04 m, which ranges the secular tree somewhere at the end of the first thousand secular trees. Its foliage is quite dense, the tree – healthy.
Narrative
There is a tale about the oak that it used to be an ancient cult tree — a sacrificial oak. Its age could be around 250 years.
Attraction
Some
Availability
Very easily accessible. There are no information signs. Located not far from the Odre Devil’s Stone. Reachable by path, 10 m of the road.
Infrastructure, management, facilities
There have been no facilitation and maintenance works performed within the territory, no indication signs. One can leave his car at the edge of the road. Behind the oak underbrush have grown, further on – the woods.
Local info
There is no information stand on site
Capacity
41 and more
Publicity
Known
Legal Status
Private
Comments
In the nearby surroundings, at the Vāveri homestead, there is an older and thicker oak that has grown into dense underbrush.
