Tree ID: 194
Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m
Tree girth: 681cm
Girth height: at 120cm
Tree sex: female
Date of visit: 22-Mar-98
Source of earliest mention: 1909: Little Guide to Monmouthshire
Notes:December 1986 – J.Daryll Evans: In his book The Churchyard Yews of Gwent recorded a girth of 651cm (21′ 4½”) at 1m.
March 1998 – Tim Hills: A tall yew with a fine internal stem filling part of its hollow. It grows ESE of the church. Girth recorded in 2000 of 23′ 3” (709cm) at 3′ and 22′ 0” (671cm) at 5′.
2017 – Peter Norton: The large female yew grows close to the southeast corner of the church. It has a large flared root which hindered measurement below the nails that somebody has hammered into the tree at a height of 4′ 6”. I used these nails to record a girth of 22′ 4” (681cm).
Tree ID | Location | Photo | Yews recorded | Girth |
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194 | Llanddewi Rhydderch | Ancient 5m-7m | 681cm at 120cm - view more info | |
1269 | Llanddewi Rhydderch | Lost | No data available - view more info |