Local Fact of the Day: Fortingall’s 2,000-year-old survivor 🌳

The Fortingall Yew, growing in the village churchyard, is believed to be between 2,000 and 3,000 years old. Its girth was recorded at about 17 metres in 1769, though centuries of damage have left several living trunks within the protective wall. It is still putting out new growth—a remarkable Perthshire survivor with roots stretching back towards Roman times. Have you visited? Vote Yes or No below. 💙 Sources: Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory https://ati.woodlandtrust.org.uk/what-we-record-and-why/what-we-record/oldest-trees-in-uk/ Scotland’s Yew Tree Heritage Initiative https://scotlands-yew-trees.org/yewtree/fortingall/ Photograph: The Fortingall Yew by Julian Paren · CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Fortingall_Yew_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4102991.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Original photograph shown without edits.