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Old Oswestry Hill Fort

Tree ID: 1525

Yews recorded: Notable

Tree girth: 366cm

Girth height: No data

Tree sex: unspecified

Date of visit: 2-Apr-03

Source of earliest mention: 1803: Remarks upon North Wales - William Hutton

Notes:

If this is the tree described in 1803 its age is now about 400. The yew has a slightly elongated trunk of about 4’/5′ forming three main branches. Each of these appears to encircle an old branch.