AYG directory record

Ancient

Powys, Wales

This is a gazetteer pin, not a field profile. Open the Ancient Yew Group page for the survey notes. Age and girth here are class bands, not tapes.

LivingAncientChurchyardOlder than dated church

Llanbedr Ystrad Yw Yew

Taxus baccata · Powys, Wales

Working gazetteer entry from public site-lists (church, AYG mentions, published compilations). Ages are conservative bands — millennial figures in popular lists are the high end, not a date. The Ancient Yew Group holds the living field survey.

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Girth band: —
Class band: 1,000–2,500 yrs
Confidence: Speculative
Sex: Unknown

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Yew vs parish

This yew predates the present church by about 1,024 years.

Yew (estimated midpoint)276

Present churchc. 1300

Sacred site (earliest)c. 700

Ages for hollow yews are speculative. A midpoint is a reading aid, not a ring count. Compare ranges on the profile, and treat anything beyond two millennia as a working hypothesis.

St Peter, Llanbedr Ystrad Yw profile

Nearest recorded

52 other recorded yews within 10 miles.