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Llandinam

Nearest town: Newtown

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Llonio

Diocese: Bangor

County: Powys

Country: Wales

Grid ref: SO02598855

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 25-Apr-04

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Conservation Area-North Powys

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 7m+

Notes: The church is claimed to date back to AD 520 (CPAT). The largest yew, seen here, grows to the SW. South of church is an unusual looking yew, with a girth of 13' 4'' (406cm) close to the ground. It has been much cut low down and now grows upwards on the outside of the tree and around what was the old trunk. NW of the church is a female yew with a clean bole and sparse foliage. It is at its narrowest close to the ground.

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