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Quercus petraea


Sessile Oak



Roughfort, Mallusk, Co. Antrim


Situation: Individual Tree
Planting date: 1790s
Visited and photographed on: 30/08/2010
Height: 23 m Girth: 6.13 m

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Planted by united Irishmen and assembly point before battle of Antrim. locally known as hanging tree.