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Nunney

Nearest town: Frome

Site type: field

Access: Private

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Somerset

Country: England

Grid ref: ST721451

Lost yew site: Yes

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Landowner

Yews recorded at this site: Lost

Notes: At the highest point in Eleven Acres Field, a hoard of coins was discovered in an urn. The depth of soil above the solid rock was described as not more than six inches to a foot. It was thought that the urn had laid so long in such shallow soil because of the presence of an ancient yew-tree.