Fortingall Yew
The Fortingall Yew is an ancient European yew in the churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. Considered one of the oldest trees in Britain, modern estimates place its age at an average of 5,000 years.Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Càrn na Marbh and Priory Island.
Càrn na Marbh
Archaeological site
Càrn na Marbh is a re-used Bronze Age tumulus, located in Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland. The mound was used in the 14th century for burying victims of the plague away from the church graveyard. Càrn na Marbh is situated 480 feet southwest of Fortingall Yew.
Priory Island
Islet
Photo: Alan Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Priory Island is an islet, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall Yew.
Kenmore Parish Church
Church
Photo: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kenmore Parish Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall Yew.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortingall and Fearnan.
Fortingall
Village
Photo: Dunpharlain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortingall is a small village in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland. Its nearest sizable neighbours are Aberfeldy and Kenmore. Local legend claims that it was the birthplace of Pontius Pilate, although he was born well before the Roman conquest and became famous in the biblical account of Jesus's death 30 years before the Romans first reached this part of Scotland.
Fearnan
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fearnan is a small crofting village on the north shore of Loch Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. The village is known for Taymouth Castle, which is the birthplace of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. Fearnan is situated 2 miles southwest of Fortingall Yew.
Kenmore
Village
Photo: Ksbrown, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kenmore is a small village in Perthshire, in the Highlands of Scotland, located where Loch Tay drains into the River Tay. Kenmore is situated 2 miles southeast of Fortingall Yew.
Fortingall Yew
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: tree in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK; one of the world’s oldest European yews
- Categories: remarkable tree and tourism
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.59822° or 56° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.05089° or 4° 3′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C8QHWXX+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 3037158139OpenStreetMap feature
natural=treeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1003148
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Western Panjabi—“Fortingall Yew” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Taixo de Fortingall”
- Armenian: “Ֆորտինգելյան կենի”
- Asturian: “Texu de Fortingall”
- Basque: “Fortingallgo hagina”
- Czech: “Fortingall Yew”
- Dutch: “Taxus van Fortingall”
- Dutch: “Venijnboom in Fortingall”
- Dutch: “Venijnboom van Fortingall”
- Esperanto: “Taksuso de Fortingall”
- French: “If de fortingall”
- French: “If de Fortingall”
- French: “If De Fortingall”
- German: “Fortingall Yew”
- Hungarian: “fortingalli tiszafa”
- Hungarian: “Fortingalli tiszafa”
- Japanese: “フォーティンゴールのイチイ”
- Polish: “Cis z Fortingall”
- Portuguese: “Teixo de Fortingall”
- Russian: “Фортингэльский тис”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Craobh-Iubhair Fhartairchill”
- Spanish: “Fortingall Yew”
- Spanish: “Tejo de fortingall”
- Spanish: “Tejo de Fortingall”
- Turkish: “Fortingall Porsuk Ağacı”
- Western Frisian: “Taksis fan Fortingall”
- Western Panjabi: “فورٹنگال ییو”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fortingall Graveyard and Fortingall Kirk.
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