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Venerable treeCôtes-d'Armor
If millénaire de Saint-Maudez
Saint-Maudez
Dimensions
8.3 m in girth in 2011 according to the Côtes-d'Armor county council, 9.20 m according to the MCE guide (2014); 18 m tall
Period
At least a thousand years old according to the departmental inventory of 2011, which counts it among the oldest trees in France; Arbre remarquable de France label in 2003
What stands there
1 yew
One of the oldest yews in Brittany, planted beside the parish church — like most of the venerable yews of the region, traditionally associated with the protection of the dead and of places of worship, Christian and pre-Christian alike.
Getting there : Free access, churchyard
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Sanctuaire du Haut-Bécherel, dit temple de MarsAncient monument · Corseul · 3.2 km
- Église Saint-Nicodème de BourseulChurch · Bourseul · 7.0 km
- Commanderie du Temple de la NouéeTemplar site · Yvignac-la-Tour · 7.7 km
- Église Saint-Malo d'Yvignac-la-TourChurch · Yvignac-la-Tour · 12 km
- Pierres sonnantes du GuildoRock / boulder field · Saint-Cast-le-Guildo · 14 km
- If de Saint-SolenVenerable tree · Lanvallay (Saint-Solen) · 14 km
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