The Dark Hedges is a unique stretch of the Bregagh Road near Armoy,
in Ireland, that looks like something from a Tim Burton movie. Over the
past 300 years or so, the Beech trees guarding either side of the lane
have reached up and across to each other, becoming heavily intertwined
to create a natural arched tunnel where shadow and light plays through
entwined branches.
This beautiful avenue of beech trees was
planted by the Stuart family in the eighteenth century. It was intended
as a compelling landscape feature to impress visitors as they approached
the entrance to their Georgian mansion, Gracehill House, which is now a
golf club. Two centuries later, the trees remain a magnificent sight
and have become one of the most photographed natural phenomena in
Northern Ireland.
Legend tells that a supernatural ‘Grey Lady’
haunts the thin ribbon of road that winds beneath the ancient beech
trees. She silently glides along the roadside and vanishes as she passes
the last beech tree. Some say the specter is the ghost of a maid from
the nearby house who died in mysterious circumstances centuries ago.
Others believe that she is a lost spirit from an abandoned graveyard
that is thought to lie hidden in the fields nearby. On Halloween night,
the forgotten graves are said to open and the Grey Lady is joined on her
walk by the tormented souls of those who were buried beside her.
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| weathervane - catavento |
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| There is a cemetery beside every church |
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| Ovelhas irlandesas mutantes |
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| £7,50. Cheap, isn't it? |
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| Game of thrones' location |
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