17 m round
about 11 people holding hands round it
On record with the Ancient Tree Inventory. Nobody here has been yet.
Fortingall Yew
Common yew
An ancient tree, roughly 17.0 m round the trunk
On land with restricted access, such as a National Trust property. Check opening times before you go.
Take me thereI'm here, add itPhotograph it, say why it's worth seeing, and it goes on the map as a Cool Tree, found by you. Anybody can add to it after that.
Where it is
Show on the mapFortingall, Perth and Kinross
The position comes from a survey, so expect to be within a few metres rather than standing at the trunk.
Is this the one?
What to check when you get there.
- It should be a common yew.
- It's 17 m round the trunk, about 11 people holding hands round it. That's the easiest check there is.
- It has several stems rather than one trunk, so look for a clump growing from a single base.
- Only part of it is still standing, so look for a shell or a broken trunk rather than a whole tree.
- People round here may know it as Fortingall Yew, and there's sometimes a sign.
- The position came from a surveyor, so it can be a few metres out. If two big trees are close together, the girth usually settles it.
What the survey recorded
- Status
- Ancient tree
- Form
- Multi stem
- Trunk
- 17.0 m round (estimated)
- Condition
- Alive, Remnant
- Getting there
- Restricted access, such as a National Trust property
- Where
- Fortingall, Perth and Kinross
This record comes from the Ancient Tree Inventory. Data reproduced with the permission of The Woodland Trust. Where the data comes from.