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Caerhun

Tree ID: 319

Yews recorded: Ancient 5m-7m

Tree girth: 523cm

Girth height: at 5cm

Tree sex: male

Date of visit: 9-Apr-98

Source of earliest mention: 1809/11: A description of Caernarvonshire - E. Hyde Hall. Information provided by John Shakespear

Notes:

1984 – Reg Wheeler: Girth of 500 cm at the ground.
April 1998 – Tim Hills: The yew grows south of the church. It is bulgy from the ground, with a knobbly texture and covered in adventitious growth. Girth of 17′ 2” (523cm) close to the ground, 19′ 3″ (587cm) at 3′ and 19′ 9″ (602cm) at 5′.