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Co Derry - private location

Nearest town: No Data

Site type: field

Access: Private

Church name: N/A

Diocese: No Data

County: Co. Derry

Country: Ireland

Grid ref: No data

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 06-Jun-14

Recorded by: Deaglan O Doibhlin

Protection & responsibility: Landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 5m-7m

Notes: A private location in Co Derry. A nearby area is called Doire an Iuir (oakwood of the Yew). There are many sessile oaks on the rocky slopes above the tree. The tree itself was used as a religious site during Penal Times and there is a 'mass rock' at its base beside a small stream. The Ordnance Survey Memoirs state that a priest was hung from its branches.