Knockmany Forest
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Knockmany Forest by Gareth Buchanan as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Gareth Buchanan Taken: 26 Jul 2009
Knockmany Forest has some of the oldest trees in Northern Ireland. The majority of the forest was planted in the 1920s and these trees will be left to reach their natural age. The area beside the lough is now a Forest Nature Reserve.