Visualize a 200 foot wide canopy

" A tree ring, also once popularly called a "folly", 

is a decorative feature of 18th and early 19th century planned landscapes in Britain and Ireland, 

 comprising a circular earthen enclosure 

 (a "tree ring enclosure") planted with trees. 

While several different species of tree were used, beech and Scots pine were especially popular for their tall, straight growth and landscape value. 

 Tree rings are a development of the naturalistic 18th century style of landscape architecture." 

"A 200  foot outer circle" from an apple tree "15 feet in circumference"    

So, were the branches about 80-90 feet extending out from the trunk? In all directions?

What is an "outer circle?" 200 feet is the size of a City Block, an Acre. 

Do a sketch for crying out loud . It sounds like an Apple-Banyan.

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Example:

Pecan, 500 Traditions Boulevard

Circumference: 16 feet

Height: 107 feet

Crown: 100 feet  

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/sierra-club-measures-bowling-greens-biggest-trees/article_9c8f83d7-6516-51a9-bf29-6f689f434cc0.html 

"Oakes' tree stands near the bank of the Ohio river, where it was planted in 1791 or '92. The circumference of the trunk at the smallest place is twelve feet two inches. 

 It has five principal branches, the largest of which has a circumference of seven feet, and the smallest three feet. This is probably the largest apple tree in the United States if not in the world" 

https://chestofbooks.com/gardening-horticulture/American/Apple-Trees-Of-Great-Size.html

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_ring_(landscape_feature) 

 

"Creation of a tree ring involved raising a circular hedge bank: this was planted with quickset to provide a fast-growing, thorny barrier to protect the young trees from livestock. 

 The term "tree ring enclosure" is generally used to describe the resulting bank,  

while "tree ring" is used to refer to the trees themselves;  

in some cases an existing manmade feature such as a barrow or motte was used. 

 While the outer ring of trees often featured beeches, in the 19th century the interior of tree rings was often planted with ornamental conifers" 

"In Ireland, tree rings were often planted as a landscape embellishment on top of drumlins, and occasionally made use of an existing rath or ringfort by creation of a small additional bank" 

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"Consisting of a roughly circular low earthen rampart surrounded by a ditch, Chanctonbury Ring is thought to date to the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age. The purpose of the structure is unknown but it could have filled a variety of roles, including a defensive position, a cattle enclosure or even a religious shrine. After a few centuries of usage, it was abandoned for about five hundred years until it was reoccupied during the Roman period. Two Romano-British temples were built in the hill fort's interior, one of which may have been dedicated to a boar cult." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanctonbury_Ring

 

"Archaeological research at Lancing Ring has identified it as the likely site of an Iron Age shrine and Romano-Celtic temple. The Romano-Celtic temple site has been identified as the large sloping field above the recycling centre and children's play area at the top of Halewick Lane.  this land is now used for agricultural purposes. An Anglo-Saxon burial ground has also been identified to the east of Lancing Ring, towards Hoe Court. Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon coins have been discovered at Lancing Ring." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancing_Ring

 

The view from The Clumps was described by the artist Paul Nash, who first saw them in 1911, as "a beautiful legendary country haunted by old gods long forgotten". 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenham_Clumps 

"The Clumps are the most visited outdoor site in the administrative county of Oxfordshire, attracting over 200,000 visitors a year." 

"The eastern side of Castle Hill is the location of the Victorian 'Poem Tree' ,

 a beech tree which had a poem carved into it by Joseph Tubb of Warborough Green in 1844–45.   

The tree, which died in the 1990s, collapsed in 2012; there is now a stone commemorating the 150th anniversary of the carving."

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(Our oaks in Swale Canyou were, are, several hundred years old. " The meadow" with an enormous dead oak on it's side, maybe was an acre in size. 

The "spaceship tree" my kids played on it plenty.

Maybe 10-20 visitors per year. Shhhh.)