 The tree has long been targeted by souvenir hunters.The earliest known such relic is a silver-rimmed quaich (drinking cup) of 1689; this came into the possession of Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington and was displayed at the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry in 1911 but has since disappeared.In 1771 the trunk of the Wallace Oak was measured at in circumference.