Tour Scotland Video Meikleour Beech Hedge Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Beech Hedge on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Meikleour, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish hedge was planted in the autumn of 1745 by Jean Mercer and her husband, Robert Murray Nairne on the Marquess of Lansdowne's Meikleour estate. It is said the hedge grows towards the heavens because the men who planted it were killed at the Battle of Culloden. The hedge is noted in the Guinness World Records as the tallest and longest hedge on earth, reaching 100 ft in height and 1/3 mile in length. The hedge is trimmed once every ten years, and can be viewed by visitors all year round.

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