File:Site of the Naked Man, Wilverley Plain, New Forest - geograph.org.uk - 218598.jpg
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English: Site of the Naked Man, Wilverley Plain, New Forest. This is represented on the OS map as a dot with the caption "Naked Man (site of)". Once you're there the tiny plaque on the highest rail says much the same thing. Beneath the crown of ivy is the weathered stump of an oak tree which is supposed to have been used as a gallows for at least one convicted highwayman. Originally called the "Wilverley Oak", it stood by the side of the now-disused Burley to Lymington road not far from Wilverley Post (the intersection with the main Lyndhurst-Christchurch road). There are various stories that tell how the stump ended up being called the "Naked Man", for example: one man waiting to be hung was supposed to have been struck by lightning which removed all his clothes. A more likely explanation is that the shattered trunk and two outstretched branches of the tree resembled a man. |
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| Author | Jim Champion |
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This image was taken from the Geograph project collection. See this photograph's page on the Geograph website for the photographer's contact details. The copyright on this image is owned by Jim Champion and is licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
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