The mysterious Yew tree and its ancient history

The mysterious Yew tree and its ancient history - visits with amazing trees

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The mysterious long-lived Yew tree, i see these ancient trees at many ancient sites I visit and many churches too, so it inspired me to look into it
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@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805 Жыл бұрын

The history of the yew trees is fascinating. You unearthed a lot of info as a result of your curiosity 😊

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, i kept coming across them and realised they were older and weirder than the Great Oaks and my curiosity grew from there

@sibleysuet8016 9 ай бұрын

Every yew tree must have an incredible story to tell.

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it🤣

@TheWitchInTheWoods 2 жыл бұрын

Well researched and thoroughly interesting. I would like to see the five thousand year old yew.

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

when i started reading out of curiosity it had me hooked

@jefbertoncini5220 9 ай бұрын

I'm getting a newfound appreciation for the role of yew trees in history.

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@yaboimike940 9 ай бұрын

I had no idea yew trees were so intertwined with ancient history. Thanks for sharing!

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@ginni.dorer.2024 9 ай бұрын

I've always wondered about the significance of yew trees in ancient sites. This video is shedding light on it!

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@raiseyourworld5324 5 ай бұрын

Magical Yew! 💖

@Traveler13 5 ай бұрын

They are special

@davidharvey8812 2 ай бұрын

This is absolutely fascinating . Thank you 🙏🏼

@Traveler13 2 ай бұрын

Thank u

@myrtlebeachsocialscene 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting fact. Nice share!

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

glad you watched it and thanks

@thirdratecontent585 9 ай бұрын

Great video and reference. You could even say it’s extremely Yewsful. ; ) One of the things that stuck out to me was you said to the Celts the Yew was the tree of death, then later some of the English Longbows were made from the Yew, which literally brought death to thousands 😮

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

Glad it was Yewsful😆 i found it very interesting to research and have visited a few ancient Yews since 👍

@cat_j5202 Жыл бұрын

Lovely video, thanks for making. Reminds of the Kingley Vale Yews in Hampshire, I used to visit too.

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, its my most popular vid so far, my favourite as well

@robbucko9129 Жыл бұрын

Wow amazing info, loved it

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@aqash1265 11 ай бұрын

waiting next video😍😍😍

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

😊

@eyyuponhal4616 11 ай бұрын

good💝 certainly this Keep it up!📷

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@medyasasansor439 11 ай бұрын

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@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@miracylmaz-wt5nm 11 ай бұрын

wow liked⚡❤️

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@bella_Areghostsreal 2 жыл бұрын

Love it ! found this so interesting and brillient research. Thats why you were researchng it! all makes sense now ;)

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

Ye lol just had a book come as well trees and the celts in wales as well so might look at something similar in the future, really really enjoyed doing this one

@bella_Areghostsreal 2 жыл бұрын

@@Traveler13 owwww, that book sounds great! Look forward to those videos. I can tell you enjoyed it. It came through the video. :)

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

@@bella_Areghostsreal It helps when you got a passion for something ye

@asldonmez9039 11 ай бұрын

Such video, so attractive🌊

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@nefiyeniyazi5397 11 ай бұрын

Video💙Wow ❤️

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@kayra7310 11 ай бұрын

effortlessly wonderful!! ❤️

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

@Elif25503 11 ай бұрын

❣️💗🤗👏phenomenal💥💥💥

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank you

@emrtentacion 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate👏 your Video💖

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@Oyun723 11 ай бұрын

Great Video

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@ege8422 11 ай бұрын

Epic video💫😍

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@OYUNKRAL15274 11 ай бұрын

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@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@Elffffffff195 11 ай бұрын

Very 🆘 pretty & amazing!💙

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@hasgulerklc3436 11 ай бұрын

pretty & amazing!💙

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@nurcanaslan3987 11 ай бұрын

awesome video i love it 💙

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@keely_painter 7 ай бұрын

Nice🎉🎉

@Traveler13 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@ilyaskara8093 11 ай бұрын

Adorable🦋

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@Darrenfive0 2 жыл бұрын

A wonderful video. Thanks 🙏

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

So Glad you enjoyed it! it took a bit of work

@SARHistories 2 жыл бұрын

Great video with some interesting facts👍

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! enjoyed researching this

@andyowens-kirk8309 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating video once again. I wonder how far back the worship of Yews goes. At the Bridestones burial cairn near Congleton, about 5 miles from Astbury where the 2000 year old is, there are two Yews placed either side of the entrance to the site. The site is dated to over 5000 years old. The look too perfectly placed to be random.

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

Due to visit there soon, didnt know about the Yews though even more intriguing, does not sound random but were very important to our ancestors for sure, Christianity adopted them i think, like alot of ancient sites

@Wotsitorlabart 5 ай бұрын

@@Traveler13 But they don't appear on the Ancient Yew Group's map of notable yews in Derbyshire - so perhaps not as old as their location would have us believe.

@utkuyagdim2265 11 ай бұрын

nice!💝

@Traveler13 11 ай бұрын

⭐

@runningwiththepack5435 2 жыл бұрын

😲love it

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

@jamesthompson2296 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I really enjoyed it. The best yew long bows made back in the day, were likely never from old growth yews as the timber is dense and brittle. Instead small and coppiced yew trees we're pruned and shaped in dense woodlands over years to create long straight grained stems with knots in places that will be cut later away.

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

Ah glad you enjoyed it, they have started to fascinate me since I learned more about them and I keep visiting ancient yews when I find them, got one I'm editing now, they may have been coppiced, makes sense because they were good at woodland management in the day plus they imported European and Irish Yews for the job

@zeynepravzaturk5305 11 ай бұрын

excellent😍💞

@Traveler13 8 ай бұрын

thank you

@mehmetkarakaya7640 11 ай бұрын

Lovely 🎤🎤🎤

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@hasanselcukoglu3952 11 ай бұрын

yasssss 😍👊🏼

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@gameragalar31 11 ай бұрын

Looooove 💙💙❤

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@enesyusif4584 11 ай бұрын

Oh my GOD

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

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@mustamuri 27 күн бұрын

✨🌴✨ 👶❤️

@laurz9804 Жыл бұрын

Love this info & what amazing, beautiful trees. I love legends 😊 Have you been to the sacred tree in stoke Gabriel? ✨

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

They are very interesting, no not been there overdue a visit to Cornwall, to be honest, I just had a look so it will be on my list for a future visit, I went to the Llangernyw Yew in north Wales last year, that was amazing

@laurz9804 Жыл бұрын

@@Traveler13 oh yes fab, id be interested to know what you make of it. I will take a trip to Llangernyw next time i’m there i love north wales. 😊🙏🏻

@Traveler13 Жыл бұрын

@@laurz9804 Got a video on it and there are some standing stonesat the church, lovely area

@laurz9804 Жыл бұрын

@@Traveler13 fab. I will check out the video 😊

@kralburak7965 11 ай бұрын

♥️love ur

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@anvilbrunner.2013 2 жыл бұрын

I own a 15th century wrought iron executioners axe. It's hafted with a yew stave.

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

it lasts don't it

@anvilbrunner.2013 2 жыл бұрын

@@Traveler13 I just dug it out. It's supple & solid as ever. Yew wood was an apt choice considering the axe's function.

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

@@anvilbrunner.2013 YE like the ancient spear head i mentioned

@eprohoda 2 жыл бұрын

good night. nejoyed,really gorgeous channel-

@Traveler13 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed

@kopynd1 8 ай бұрын

the yew at beltingham behind the church looks like a monster climbing out the tree, not an easy place to find took me quite a while to find it, best keep it a secret that 16 yr old spoilt brat who cut the sycamore tree down on Hadrian's wall could also attack the yew

@Traveler13 8 ай бұрын

Oh ill have to look that one up on the Ancient Yew Group, which is a useful site if interested, just released a short one with respect to the tree, it is a shocking and confusing incident i can't get my head around it, what sort of mentality has the mooron got? to hike out to a very secluded place with what must have been a large chainsaw and cut down a national icon, vindictive act of a very sad individual

@Traveler13 8 ай бұрын

te beltingham Yew is near Hadrian Wall as well, ye keep it quiet👍

@umutcanulkeroglu3592 11 ай бұрын

Such , 🆘 desirable🌊

@Traveler13 9 ай бұрын

thank u, glad you enjoyed it

@Wotsitorlabart 5 ай бұрын

The early 6th/7th century Irish church began planting yews around burial site - a custom copied from the Mediterranean area where evergreens such as cypress and laurel were used. From Ireland Irish monasticism carried the custom of planting yews to Strathclyde and Gwynedd where it spread into the West Country and southern England after the 11th century. The Normans copied the idea and yews can be found in churchyards on the English facing coasts of Normandy and Brittany. Botanical and archaeological evidence shows that the vast majority of yew trees in English churchyards were planted at about the time the churches were built - ie they are medieval.

@Traveler13 5 ай бұрын

interesting, but What about the age of some Yews? many are much older than the actual churches

@Wotsitorlabart 5 ай бұрын

@@Traveler13 The supposed pre-Christian origins of many yew trees in English churchyards appears to be down to one man - Allen Meredith. In the 1970's he had a number of mystical dreams regarding the yew trees which led him to an intense study of them. He convinced David Bellamy and Allan Mitchell of the Tree Register that yews were much, much older than previously thought and that over 130 were actually older than the churchyards in which they grew. Which is why the church in the video has a certificate from the Tree Register. But author and folklorist Jeremy Harte points out that Meredith's claims often ignore archaeological evidence that gives a much younger age to the trees. For instance Meredith proposed that the yew in Selborne church was 1400 years old (6th century) but when it blew down in 1991 excavations revealed archaeological evidence that put the age of the tree as being contemporary with the church - 12th century. Meredith gave the ages of yews found in three medieval deer parks as being 1000 - 2000 years old. The deer parks were created in the 13th century. There are a number of monasteries where yews are found. They were built on greenfield sites and the yews would have been planted at the time of construction - but Meredith gives dates of planting as being twice as old as the buildings. And so on. There are obviously yews older than the churches near which they stand but in England that often signifies the probability of an Anglo-Saxon marker tree - eg for hundredal courts which are known to have taken place beneath prominent trees. There is no evidence that the Anglo-Saxons believed the yew to be sacred. And regarding the Druids and yews - I am at present reading Professor Ronald Hutton's definitive history of the them 'Blood and Mistletoe' and the index makes no mention of yew trees at all. So, it is doubtful that they worshipped them or performed rites beneath them - or whatever Druids were supposed to do.