The Birnam Oak
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Birnam Oak by Euan Nelson as part of the Geograph project.
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The Birnam Oak
Image: © Euan Nelson Taken: 11 Feb 2012
Although linked in the popular imagination with Shakespeare's "Macbeth", it is unlikely that this sessile oak forms a tangible link with the battle of the Seven Sleepers which took place near Dunsinane in 1057.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.560852
Longitude
-3.576604