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Bulbarrow

Tree ID: 3256

Yews recorded: Ancient 4m-5m

Tree girth: No data

Girth height: No data

Tree sex: No data

Date of visit: 28/4/2010

Source of earliest mention: Peter Norton

Notes:

Peter Norton:This resembles no other yew I have seen and has the ‘Wow’ factor. There is a gap on the west side and stepping inside the lack of height of the main trunk is evident. The lower branches have layered and on the south east side a substantial tree grows, still joined to the main trunk. The north side of the tree shows what were once internal roots along with a loss of the outer trunk. Badger activity is burying many lower branches. To move around beneath this yew required clambering over and under large branches.
Mark Hinsley: It is secondary growth from an old trunk remnant. It has a canopy spread of 26m, with 2 generations of self layering clearly evident. Quite an amazing tree, the secondary growth alone must be centuries old.

Bulbarrow

Yew trees at Bulbarrow: