2020
NN5201 : The Poker Tree, Aberfoyle
taken 4 years ago, near to Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland
The Poker Tree, Aberfoyle
This is an oak tree close to the main crossroads at the west end of the village, from which is hung a poker. This dates back to an incident in Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy in which Bailie Nichol Jarvie makes use of a poker in a fight with Highlanders in an Aberfoyle inn. The real Rob Roy had much to do with Aberfoyle and the connection is celebrated by the 79 mile Rob Roy Way which passes through Aberfoyle on its route from Drymen to Pitlochry. (Undiscovered Scotland)
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