Tree trunk, St Andrew's Churchyard
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Tree trunk, St Andrew's Churchyard
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 23 May 2010
The trunk of the yew tree in the churchyard. The ancient tradition that this evergreen sheltered the first Christian missionaries to Britain before their churches were built is one of the many explanations put forward to account for the large numbers of yews found in country churchyards. The yew is also a life symbol, and was sometimes scattered on graves. The longbows of medieval archers came from straight, knot-free lengths cut from tall, selected trees. But these were unlikely to be churchyard yews – the best bow staves were imported from Spain.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.145893
Longitude
-1.714637