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Ross Priory

Nearest town: Dumbarton

Site type: former religious site

Access: Private

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: West Dunbartonshire

Country: Scotland

Grid ref: NS41488757

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 23-Jun-99

Recorded by: Andy McGeeney/Paul Greenwood

Protection & responsibility: University of Strathclyde

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m

Notes: Ross Priory now belongs to the University of Strathclyde and there is no public access. An area behind and west of the house by Loch Lomond is laid out to gardens with yew trees. An article about Ross Priory appeared in Scottish Field in August 1906 and referred to a 'dim yew walk'. A collection of up to nineteen yews once grew in the grounds.