My huge Holly tree

Evening all.

I thought some of you might like this. I have a very, very well established holly tree on my land. I think its impressive.

 

No idea what type it is unfortunately. I just know its been there fore a very long time.

It never produces berries if that's a clue? Also it most likely seeded itself, as the piece of land it stands on was a disused corner of a sheep farm before my dad bought it 17 years ago. The land had been completely neglected for several years prior to that and none of the local farmers that my dad knows can remember it ever being used, and some of them are well into their 80s or 90s now (or passed away).

EDIT: I should add, the willow in the foreground is much, much younger. My dad and I planted that as short twigs when I first took the land over, four or five years ago.

 

Probably not a clue - most Holly is Male/Female and you need both for berries ... so as no other plant nearby it could be either.

Almost certainly Ilex aquifolium - I dig up 20 or 30 seedlings each year from under a handful of trees where, obviously, the birds like to gather for a sing-song . No holly bushes particularly near that spot, so I assume they eat at the neighbours and come over to mine to "sow"

 

How big is the trunk? We could maybe work out how old it is.

 

Could be a clue. There other holly trees outside of my boundary so theoretically plenty of breeding opportunities, but still no berries on my one, suggesting its a blokey one I guess.

From memory, I'd say about 1ft at 3ft from the ground.

 

That's not green though, is it Armandii?

I would like to ask about holly varieties, I've started a new topic:
http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/holly-varieties-for-labyrinth-maze.46834/

 

Probably over 100 years then