Highest, Oldest, Biggest
The famous Beech Hedge at Meikleour in, Perthshire, said to be the largest and tallest in the world, was recently admired by the delegates to the Empire Forestry Conference, who recently toured Scotland. The hedge extends for about 600 yards and soars to a height of 80 feet. In the same county the delegates also saw the oldest living' tree in Europe. This, said to be 3000 years old, is Fortingall’s yew, which stands conspicuously in the village churchyard. It is now split into huge limbs which are almost trees in themselves. In Stirlingshire, across the border, is the Kippen vine which, though less known than the specimen at Hampton Court, is reputed to be the largest in the world.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 18, 3 February 1948, Page 6
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