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Castanea sativa


Sweet/Spanish Chestnut



Cranmore, Malone road, Belfast, Co. Antrim


Situation: Individual Tree
Planting date: 1620s
Visited and photographed on: 02/09/2010
Height: 23 m Girth: 7.15 m

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Area called 'Cranmore' or big tree after this. In 1690 King William tied horse here before the Battle of the Boyne.