Complex sentence: He found a tree that had a litter of pigs, a beehive, and a crow's nest; however, he preferred a spot lower down on the flat (either where St Catherine's church now stands or further out towards the bay).
Split into simpler sentences: He found a tree that had a litter of pigs, a beehive and a crow's nest. However, he prefered a spot lower down on the flat (either where St Catherine's church now stands or further out towards the bay).