Llanilid

2006 and 2013: The twin trunked yew grows SSE of the church. The smaller trunk is dead and cut off at about 6′. In 2006 the trunk of a cherry or birch tree was observed that had obviously germinated and grown successfully inside this hollow trunk. This too was dead and by 2013 there was no trace of it. Inside the living trunk an acorn had germinated probably more than 100 years ago. In 2006 a massive oak was trying to squeeze out of its confines within the yew, and in several places there were oak and yew branches and foliage mingling high into the canopy. I looked forward to photographing this phenomenon in 2013, but in the intervening years the oak had collapsed and brought down one side of the yew. Girth recorded on both occasions was about 23′ (701cm).