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Meikleour Beech Hedge. The great hedge of Meikleour forms an
incredible living wall of beech trees 30 metres (100ft) high
and 530 metres (1/3 mile) long. The trees were planted in 1745
and are now officially recognised in the Guinness Book of Records
as the highest hedge in the world. Adjacent to the A93. About
4 miles south of Rattray.
Meigle Sculptured Stone
Museum, Meigle, Near Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross PH12. Tel:
01828 640 612. The Museum at Meigle displays a magnificent collection
of 26 sculptured monuments dating from the late 8th to the late
10th centuries. Making up one of the most important collections
of early medieval sculpture in Western Europe, they are all that
survive of a centre of Pictish wealth and patronage. About 9
miles east of Rattray.
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