2006

NM7815 : Wishing Tree near Ardmaddy

taken 18 years ago, 3 km from Balvicar, Seil, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Wishing Tree near Ardmaddy
Wishing Tree near Ardmaddy
This fallen hawthorn - known as the wishing tree - has hundreds of coins embedded in the bark. The hawthorn was a sacred tree in the Celtic culture and the practice was to make your wish or prayer at the tree and then offer a coin to the spirits or fairies.

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Category: Tree
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Wishing Tree [10] · Coins [3] · Fallen [3] · Near [2] ·
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NM7815, 14 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gerry McArdle   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 14 February, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 11 May, 2006
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 788 153 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:16.7074N 5:34.4883W
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NM7815) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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