Yew Wood

There's been a Yew Wood on Hambledon Hill since the Neolithic. Soil analysis showed that between 3400 BC and 2000 BC the entire Southern side of the hill was covered by a dark yew woodland. The woodland we see today is much younger, though still the coppiced Yews within it are believed to date from the Medieval period, which is still some age.  It's dark and moody, well it was today anyway, and filled with marvellous specimens. Really interesting. The woodland is private, mind, and far be it for me to encourage trespass, but it is quite a wood to walk, very tempting, so be watchful if you do.