The spirit of the Yew tree
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The spirit of the Yew tree by Sarah Smith as part of the Geograph project.
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The spirit of the Yew tree
Image: © Sarah Smith Taken: 23 May 2009
The knot in the ancient tree in the churchyard at Holne resembles the caricature face of a spirit. Yew trees were grown in medieval times as a protection against evil but were also used for summoning spirits in the culture of magic. Yew is extremely poisonous.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.510578
Longitude
-3.82718