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Craswall Priory

Nearest town: Hay-on-Wye

Site type: former religious site

Access: Public

Church name:

Diocese:

County: Herefordshire

Country: England

Grid ref: SO27253770

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 17-Feb-03

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

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

Notes: Paul Wood - This site, which can be accessed by public footpath, is an unaltered Grandmontane Priory laid out in its original plan with no additions. The yews found here grew on top of the ruins. One is seen on a section of the ruined wall and another lies on the ground. All that remains of a third are sections of its bole, though a photograph from the 1920s shows its original position, growing on top of the ruins with its roots severed by the archaeologists.