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Abercorn

Nearest town: Edinburgh

Site type: historic site

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: West Lothian

Country: Scotland

Grid ref: NT08107910

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 1-Oct-12

Recorded by: Stuart McHardy

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: Abercorn is on the south bank of the River Forth. The site is a mound overlooking the river and flanked by streams. Although the trees grow outside of the present churchyard boundary, this has been a sacred site since St Ninian visited in the late 400s, and it is likely that yews were once contained within the churchyard, or earlier monastery grounds.