Biggest Yew tree you'll probably EVER see

[Johan van Niekerk]

This morning I turned into a real treehugger    I got to see the oldest known yew tree in Wales at Tyn Dwr Hall outside the town of Llangollen.
Sadly I got no staves but any bowyer would hopefully appreciate meeting a tree like this!
 

 

[wood carver 2]

I can see where some branches have been removed in the past. I wonder, is the local arborist a bowyer?   :D  
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

LOL, neat tree...

[D]

thats pretty cool.  As far as i know I've never even held a piece of yew.

[Dave Bowers]

Thats a giving tree right there

[Osagetree]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Looks like a bunch of cut wood in the background. Hope that tree is safe and it doesn't end up as fire wood!

Never worked any yew but that tree looks like the ceder growing around here in Ohio...

[Big Ed]

Wow!!

[KellyG]

That is one old tree, it is wrinkly.

[red hill]

Thanks for sharing. That is neat. I certain that I've never seen a yew tree.

[Johan van Niekerk]

Sadly I have since researched this and found that there is another tree in the wilderness close to LLangollen that is a few hundred years older and then there is one in Scotland that is almost 2000 years old.
Was still an amazing tree! I did look a lot like a ceder. Definately a "fir tree" and not a gluey one like most pines. The leaves looked almost like fern leaves and it has lots of small red berries.

[huntsman247]

That is nice right there; got a few growing in these parts, not near as big though.

[inksoup]

how many bow can you make out of this tree :)lol