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The Sycamore Gap tree or Robin Hood tree is a 150-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Standing in a dramatic dip in the landscape created by glacial meltwater , it was one of the country's most photographed trees and an emblem for the North East of England .
A crane on tracks was removing a much-loved tree Thursday from the place near the Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall in northeastern England where the sycamore was cut down two weeks ago in an ...
The Sycamore Gap tree being cut up and removed from its site next to Hadrian's Wall was "like a funeral", a National Trust manager has said. Mr Poad called its final journey "a turning point" in ...
Two men have been charged with cutting down the beloved 50-year-old Sycamore Gap tree that toppled over on Hadrian's Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday. Daniel Graham, 38 ...
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian's Wall last year in northern England.
Milecastle 9 (Chapel House) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist partially as a low platform, and are located in West Denton (to the west of Newcastle upon Tyne), 300 yards (270 m) from Chapel House Farm. However, the northern part of the remains are now mostly covered by the modern roads (A69/B6528). The milecastle ...
The central section of Hadrian's Wall was erected atop the Whin Sill, a geological formation that offers a natural topographic defence against invaders or immigrants from the north. However at the eastern end of the wall, the main topographic defence was the River Tyne itself, and the very final stretch of the wall ran down from Segedunum fort ...
The tree was cut down overnight between Wednesday and Thursday last week, in what detectives have called a ‘deliberate act of vandalism’. Hadrian’s Wall ‘damaged in felling of landmark ...