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Monkey Puzzle Trees

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Monkey Puzzle Trees on Hergest Ridge
Photo: Diane Rogers, White Heron Estate

Quirky well known landmark visible from a great distance away

A group of eight Araucaria araucana or Monkey Puzzle trees were planted in April 1988 by Phil Wright Weon behalf of Richard (Dick) Banks of Hergest Croft, who had seen similar trees growing in the high Andes while travelling in Argentina and Chile. They are not at the summit but form a notable landmark.

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SO 26044 56719

52.203721, -3.083596

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52°12'13.4"N 3°05'00.9"W

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30U 494287 5783700

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