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AYG directory record

Ancient 7m+, Lost

Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England · Public access

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.

LivingAncient 7m+, LostChurchyardOlder than dated churchPublic access

Tisbury Yew

Taxus baccata · Shaftesbury, Wiltshire, England · ST 944 291

A Wiltshire giant; girth figures vary with height of tape.

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Girth archive

Historic tapes, not a growth curve. Height of measurement varies.

Year	Girth	Recorder
2007	11.0 m	Ancient Yew Group · tape
2007	11.0 m	Ancient Yew Group · tape

Girth band: 11.0 m
Class band: 2,000–4,000 yrs
Confidence: Speculative
Sex: female

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Yew vs parish

This yew predates the present church by about 2,154 years.

Yew (estimated midpoint)974 BCE

Present churchc. 1180

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 John the Baptist, Tisbury profile

Nearest recorded

40 other recorded yews within 10 miles.

On trails

Saxon Churchyards · historian