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The Ashbrittle Yew
Ashbrittle, Somerset
Recorded by: Not specified
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Heritage Tree
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Trees of National Special Interest (TNSI)
- Species:
- Common yewTaxus baccata
- Form:
- Multi stem
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 11.58m at a height of 0.10m
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST0521921346
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Churchyard
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The Ashbrittle Yew
Ashbrittle, Somerset
Recorded by: Not specified
- Species:
- Common yew
- Form:
- Multi stem
- Standing or fallen:
- Standing
- Living status:
- Alive
- Girth:
- 11.58m at a height of 0.10m
- Condition:
- Holes or water pockets, Decaying wood in the crown
- Veteran status:
- Ancient tree
- Tree number:
- 3737
- Local or historic name:
- The Ashbrittle Yew
- County:
- Somerset
- Country:
- England
- Grid reference:
- ST0521921346
- Public accessibility:
- Public - partial access (e.g. next to footpath or road)
- Surroundings:
- Churchyard
- Ancient tree site:
- --
- Woodland Trust wood:
- No
- Epiphytes:
- Moss, Ivy
- Fungi:
- --
- Invertebrates:
- --
- Bats:
- --
- Recorded by:
- Not specified
- Recording organisation:
- --
- Last visited:
- 20/04/2020
- First recorded:
- 07/09/2007
Judith Gollings wrote to me saying: When I visited this tree in 2005, there were verification certificates inside the church. HTH, Jon Gadsden (verifier for Somerset)
The certificate inside the church says: "The Conservation Foundation. Yew Tree Campaign. This is to certify that using all the data we have to hand the age of the Yew tree at Ashbrittle is 3000 yrs. Signed Robert Cantuar, Alan Meredith, Robert Hardy, David Bellamy".