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The gnarled, immutable yew tree is one of the most evocative sights
in the British and Irish language, an evergreen impression of
immortality, the tree that provides a living botanical link between
our own landscapes and those of the distant past. This book tells
the extraordinary story of the yew's role in the landscape through
the millennia, and makes a convincing case for the origins of many
of the oldest trees, as markers of the holy places founded by
Celtic saints in the early medieval 'Dark Ages'. With wonderful
photographic portraits of ancient yews and a gazetteer (with
locations) of the oldest yew trees in Britain, the book brings
together for the first time all the evidence about the dating,
history, archaeology and cultural connections of the yew. Robert
Bevan-Jones discusses its history, biology, the origins of its
name, the yew berry and its toxicity, its distribution across
Britain, means of dating examples, and their association with
folklore, with churchyards, abbeys, springs, pre-Reformation wells
and as landscape markers. This third edition has an updated
introduction with new photographs and corrections to the main text.
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