Pilton

October 1997 – Tim Hills: A thickened hollow shell with some internal growth. May be splitting apart – chains at 15′ hold parts of the tree together. Girths of 18′ 6″ (564cm) around the base and 17′ 6″ (533cm) at 2′ recorded.
February 2012 – Peter Norton: The large male yew is found at 51.165368,-2.589726. It is hollow and with part of the NE side of the bole missing. The north side also starting to separate. Five leaders are hollow and all are chained together at about 15′. Two internal stems can be seen, the larger of the two with a girth of 1′ 6” near to the ground. Girth of the tree measured at 2′ from the ground and therefore not including a small piece of fragmented stump was 17′ 3” (526cm).
2016 – Tim Hills: 17′ 9½” (543cm) at 2′ and 18′ 6” (564cm) at the ground. Disturbance of the soil at the base suggests this will be an unreliable place to take comparative measurements over time.