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English: A sign from The Great Ridge Wood, in South Wiltshire, with information about a highwayman who was caught and hanged from a tree in the wood. The man, Jack Hag, was a criminal and the tree he was hanged from, blew down in 2005. This sign depicts what happened to him and the tree, as well as a plaque found inside the tree.
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Plaque is inside The Great Ridge Wood.

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A sign from The Great Ridge Wood, in South Wiltshire, with information about a highwayman who was caught and hanged from a tree in the wood.

24 March 2020

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