The Ankerwycke Yew tree, an ancient tree, close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England, UK (Jul 2019).

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"The Ankerwycke Yew is an ancient yew tree close to the ruins of St Mary's Priory, the site of a Benedictine nunnery built in the 12th century, near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of 8 metres (26 ft) at metres. The tree is at least 1,400 years old,[2] and could be as old as 2,500 years. On the opposite bank of the River Thames are the meadows of Runnymede and this tree is said to have been witness to the signing of Magna Carta. The tree is also said to be the location where Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn in the 1530s." Wikipedia info

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Size: 3648px × 5472px
Location: near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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