Fortingall

Nearest town: Perth

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: unrecorded

Diocese: Dunkeld

County: Perth and Kinross

Country: Scotland

Grid ref: NN74194702

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 30-Jul-01

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: No data

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 7m+

Notes: The site of one of the '50 Great British Trees' chosen to celebrate the Queen's jubilee year. This is thought by many to be the oldest living yew. Both old pictures were provided from Christian Wolf's collection. The early engraving shows the two large fragments before the wall was built around the yew to protect it from souvenir hunters.