Cefnllys

August 1998 – Tim Hills: Tree 6 on the plan, NNE of the church. Many branches grow from low on the bole. Girth was 18′ 4” (559cm) at 5′.
September 2005 – Russell Cleaver: ‘Open grown canopy, short, squat bole, branches feathered to the ground. Girth 5.29m (17′ 4”) at 0.65m’.
November 2017 – Paul Wood: With low branches, many resting on the ground, it was difficult to get close to the tree. Of the oldest yews here, this female yew appeared by far the healthiest. Many leaves were reddish brown giving the yew a yellow glow in the sunshine. The bole was reached through surrounding brambles and ivy, which was beginning to grow into the tree. The fine fluted looking bole has many established limbs at ground level on its south side but none on the north side, where they have been removed, presumably to avoid them hanging over into the field where cattle were grazing. No hollowing was noted on the parts of the tree that I could reach. Only a few arils remained and many Mistle Thrushes were fighting for these.