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Ilston

Tree ID: 528

Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m

Tree girth: 518cm

Girth height: at 150cm

Tree sex: female

Date of visit: 22-Aug-98

Source of earliest mention: 1988: Churchyard Yew Trees in the Archdeaconry of Gower - John Andrew

Notes:

1973 – Hatton Gardner: Girths of 16′ 9” (511cm) at 1′ and 15′ 9” ( 480cm) at 4′ recorded.
1998 – Tim Hills: Girth of 518cm (17′ 0”) at 5′ recorded. A straight clean bole in the centre of an unusually steep mound.