Llandre

1876 Gardener’s Chronicle: The drawing describes an ‘Old yew, divided into four boles, near Borth, Cardiganshire’. It is undoubtedly a representation of the Llandre yew, only 5 miles from Borth.
1986 Allen Meredith: ‘I found the yew in an area overgrown with brambles etc. I checked the three separated stems. They area all female and it is most likely that they were once part of one trunk, other evidence to suggest this is the remains of old trunk left in the ground, nearly all of it which is covered by soil and roots, in fact the root system appears to have trapped a lot of the original core underground, as it has decayed on the surface the roots have protected considerable portions of the old trunk. It is possible sufficient portions of the original core remain intact many feet beneath the surface, this could be important for later carbon dating.’
June 1999 – Tim Hills: These 3 separated fragments are undoubtedly parts of one tree – either a great bole that split apart, or peripheral growth on the edge of a decaying bole of which there is now no trace above ground. I was only able to ascertain the sex of one of the fragments as female. The yew is becoming increasingly hemmed in by deciduous trees that fill this rambling churchyard. Girth was taken around the base of all 3 fragments. Girth was about 35′.
2008 – The tree was damaged by fire – David Alderman. Girth of 1031 cm at the ground was recorded.