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Is this 'haunted' road the coolest in the world?

TUCKED away in Ireland is a road so cool that it's been featured in the Game of Thrones. It's lined with bizarre trees, but it's what lies at the end of the road that has visitors spooked.

TUCKED away in Northern Ireland, near the village of Armoy lies a stunning site: A row of Beech trees that curve in crazy cool ways. Welcome to Bregagh Road.

The trees, planted by the Stuart family in the 18th century to dress up the road towards their manor, sit intertwined, creating a truly bizarre site in any season.

Rumour has it a ghost haunts the Dark Hedges. Picture: Thinkstock
Rumour has it a ghost haunts the Dark Hedges. Picture: Thinkstock

Now called The Dark Hedges by locals and tourists alike (Northern Ireland started using images from the road in their tourism campaigns in the late 1990s), the site has been used for scenes from Game of Thrones.

The road features in Game of Thrones.
The road features in Game of Thrones.

Rumour has it that the supernatural "Grey Lady" now haunts the road, especially the last beech tree at dusk. Some say she is the ghost of a maid from a nearby house who died in mysterious circumstances centuries ago. Another theory is that she's a lost spirit from an abandoned graveyard that's believed to lie hidden nearby.

The road has featured in tourism campaigns for Ireland. Picture: John5199, Flickr
The road has featured in tourism campaigns for Ireland. Picture: John5199, Flickr

To get here, drive northwest about 80 kilometres from Belfast off Antrim Coastal Road.

Happy trails!

It's a striking site. Picture: IrishFireside, Flickr
It's a striking site. Picture: IrishFireside, Flickr
You won't forget this road trip. Picture: David Jones, Flickr
You won't forget this road trip. Picture: David Jones, Flickr

'This story originally appeared on the Huffington Post.

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