Llanbister

April 2001 – Tim Hills: Tree 3 on the plan. This hollow yew was difficult to assess and impossible to measure because of thick elder surrounding the tree and low twiggy growth on its bole. It appeared that the main stem was loosely joined to nearby scrappy young growth, suggesting that it has been considerably larger in the past.
March 2016 – Paul Wood: This seemed to me a fragment of a once larger yew. Though the ground has been recently levelled and erosion is an ongoing problem in the churchyard, in this instance it has uncovered some small pieces of dead wood now sticking out of the ground and probably remnants of the original tree. In its present form it grows healthily. Measurement was not possible because of a steep drop on the south side of the tree, as well as twiggy growth on the south and west side of the trunk.
With a girth that can only be estimated, the yew is presently classified as notable. Because it displays veteran characteristics it will in the future be classified as V-con (veteran on account of its condition).