any guesses as to how old this is?

[se7enthdevil]

my local churchyard has some old yews trees as multistem bushes that are 400 years old but this is the only maiden in the whole grounds.

 

any guesses as to its age would be interesting to hear.

 

the trunk is 13' in girth. not sure of it's height but it's nearly as tall as the church roof. best guess is 40-50 feet.

 

the standing stone next to it is 4' tall

[RMB68]

I usually date them to the age of the church/graveyard but that doesnt always work.Cut it down and count the rings.;-)

[se7enthdevil]

the church is 12th century but i don't believe its that old.

 

i've never seen one with such a bleached look to it either. usually there is plenty of flakey bark on yews but this is relatively smooth with no little bits to peel off.

 

is that truly indicative of an ancient tree???

[peatff]

396 years two months and 5 days I'd say It looks nice and majestic I like to see the old graveyard trees.

[silky fox]

1, 000

[silky fox]

Where is Churchyard? I have a book called "The Sacred Yew" which has a Gazeteer of Ancient Yews in this country.

[se7enthdevil]

it's in st peters yard in burnham.

 

 

St Peter's Church, Burnham - Home

 

 

let me know what you find

[silky fox]

Still searching....

[ArthurBottlesworth]

I've gotba mate who goes round old churchyards moving bits of iron from under yews

 

He says it's summat to do with churchyard magic......he told me you'll always find iron under an old yew, didn't believe him till I dd some looking .....

 

Maybe just soewhere handy to dump old junk...

[miker]

we have a yew here in bishopstoke,eastleigh that is listed in the doomsday book,