Saturday, November 14, 2009

Where is the oldest yew tree in wales?

I would to know how old it is too.

Where is the oldest yew tree in wales?
When I visited the Church in 1998 there was evidence of subsidence and they were about to commence repairs to the Church.





The local authority had supplied a plaque recognising the importance of the Ancient Yew Tree.


Being 4000 years old it is one of the oldest living things on the planet. You don't get much more important than that!


For those who like spooky stories, I kept getting a green glow from the heart of the tree when viewing the pictures.


nu nu, nu nu...........








Oh and it's in llangernew however you spell it. bow!
Reply:That`s what I found in the Internet:


http://www.treeman.co.uk/index.php?page=...


Ancient Yew Trees in Mid Wales:


Powys' finest example of these ancient yews can be found in Llanfaredd churchyard. The girth of this tree is over 35ft, making this tree approximately 3,500 years old. As with so many churches, this one was probably built on the site of a much older temple, and the research carried out on ancient yews by Allen Meredith has shown that the original temples themselves were built on these sites because of the presence there of what was already an ancient tree, which symbolized everlasting life or life after death to the Celts. By Allen Meredith's reckoning, one can date the site of the original temple to be Neolithic where the church is to the south of the yew.


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