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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. It is near Wraysbury in Berkshire, England. It is a male tree with a girth of at 0.3 metres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ancient Tree Hunt )〕 The tree is at least 1,400 years old, and could be as old as 2,500 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ankerwycke Yew )〕 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. It is also said to be the location where Henry VIII met Anne Boleyn in the 1530s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ankerwycke Yew )〕 "Here the confederate Barons met King John, and having forced him to yield to the demands of his subjects they, under the pretext of securing the person of the King from the fury of the multitude, conveyed him to a small island belonging to the nuns of Ankerwyke (island ), where he signed the Magna Carta," wrote (J.J. Sheahen in 1822 ) ==See also== * Fortingall Yew * List of Great British Trees * List of oldest trees * Ankerwycke Priory 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ankerwycke Yew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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