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Cedrus libani


Cedar of Lebanon



Castle Forbes, Newtownforbes, Co. Longford


Situation: Individual Tree
Planting date: 1760
Visited and photographed on: 19-Oct-09
Height: 23 m Girth: 7.88 m

Heritage value:

Exceptional Specimen Tree
Habitat value


One of several cedars surviving from a 1760 planting; after Carton, it is the oldest in the country.