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Beware the Ghostly Hunt Places to Go
Sadly, the elm tree which marked the centre of Windsor Forest fell victim to the dreaded Dutch Elm Disease of the seventies, and so no longer graces the Berkshire skyline. Its huge stump can still be seen, however, standing beside the “Stag and Hounds” at the junction of Forest Road (B3034) and Tilehurst Lane in Binfield. Cernunnos’ possible temple site at St. Leonard’s (Clewer) is where the later hermitage once stood. This disappeared many centuries ago, but the spot is still marked by the great house in St. Leonard’s Park, now Legoland off the B3022. His possible sacred grove, Robin Hood’s Arbour, sits in the middle of what little is left of Maidenhead Thicket on the western side of the town after which it is named. Heading out to Knowl Hill along the old Bath Road (A4), turn north towards Marlow at the roundabout junction with the A423(M). The Thicket is the wooded area to your left. The track leading to the arbour is not far along the road and there is plenty of parking at the entrance. A short walk will bring you to a wooded grove, again on the left. It is easily recognised, for a National Trust sign explains the site’s importance. The Cernunnos altar from Notre Dame can be seen in the Musee de Cluny in Paris. The Gundestrup Bowl is in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
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