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The Cedars of Lebanon
at Wilton, and later Mount Merrion
The Cedars of Lebanon at Wilton House.
This is looking E (the E facade of the house is behind the camera).
On the LHS is the Millennium Fountain.
Photo 2003. See full size.
The Cedars of Lebanon at Wilton were planted by the 4th Earl in the 1630s.
These trees, which still stand at Wilton, are now over 350 years old.
From 1903 to 1914
Sir Neville Wilkinson
resided
at Mount Merrion House,
Co.Dublin, and
planted on the lawn there cuttings from the
cedars at Wilton.
Apparently there are still cedars of Lebanon
in people's gardens in
the housing estates at Mount Merrion.
These trees date back to the 1630s in
Wilton.
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On the RHS is part of the W end of the house.
Photos 2003.
(Left) See full size.
(Right) See full size.
Trees at Mount Merrion, 2004. Behind the stables (in front of the new church).
Wonder if the tall tree here is one of the cedars of Lebanon.
See full size.
- Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani)
