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Coldharbour ( Anstibury Camp )

Nearest town: Dorking

Site type: historic site

Access: Private

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Surrey

Country: England

Grid ref: not known

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 2-Jan-15

Recorded by: Toby Hindson

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m, Ancient 5m-7m, Notable

Notes: The site comprises a steeply sloping wooded garden between the Earthworks of Anstibury Camp and the road which passes the Plough public house. Yews were noted and a visit arranged by Dr. Peter Shaw of Roehampton University. Two significant yews grow in the garden of a private property which was accessed with the kind permission and useful assistance of the owner. The yews are likely to be contemporary with one another, very possibly deliberately planted in the 15th century to mark the roadway or adorn the site on which the house stands. A third yew, classified as unclassified, grows at the side of the road.