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St Dogmaels

Nearest town: Cardigan

Site type: churchyard

Access: Public

Church name: unrecorded

Diocese: St Davids

County: Pembrokeshire

Country: Wales

Grid ref: SN164459

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: 11-Jun-99

Recorded by: Tim Hills

Protection & responsibility: Conservation Area-Pembrokeshire CC

Yews recorded at this site: Ancient 4m-5m

Notes: The church shares this site with the ruins of a 12th century abbey. In the second photo the tree is seen more than 200 years ago. We do not know how many centuries ago the tradition of building a high wall around this tree began. The problem created is that the yew will always be expanding and the wall will from time to time need maintaining and even rebuilding.

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