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Llansilin

Nearest town: Oswestry

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Silin

Diocese: St Asaph

County: Powys

Country: Wales

Grid ref: SJ20962818

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: 12-Aug-98

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Conservation Area-North Powys

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

Notes: Of the many yews in this churchyard, six have girths between 19' and 26'. These are numbered 1,2,4,5,6 and 8 on Reg Wheeler's 1983 plan. Tree 7 no longer exists. Between my visits of 1998 and 2009 ivy had been removed from the trees, giving them a better opportunity to flourish. Llansilin is known to have been a clas establishment in the early medieval era (CPAT).

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