Mounton

Nearest town: Chepstow

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: St Andoenus

Diocese: Monmouth

County: Monmouthshire

Country: Wales

Grid ref: ST5125592967

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 13-Dec-86

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Church in Wales

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

Notes: The present church, built in the 1880s, is on the ancient site of a monk's cell. A gravestone dated 1680 further indicates that the churchyard predates the present building. The evidence provided by a 500+ year old yew is usually overlooked.