Llanllechid

In 1984 Reg Wheeler recorded an avenue of yews leading from the gate towards the church. He concluded that the four yews, with girths ranging from 124cm to 260cm, were planted between 1888 and 1898. He also recorded a yew standing alone north of the church which had a girth of 395cm at the ground. He described it as follows: ‘the largest and apparently oldest yew in the churchyard is hollow following the usual fungi attack for yews this size. Decayed wood samples gave ring count – 7 samples, range 3.6 to 8.6 per cm average 5.3. Girth 395cm = radius 62.8cm x 5.3. = 333 years of age’. The Google Earth images show the row of yews still in situ next to the graves. Also seen is the large, hollowing yew, whose girth would by now be above 4m.