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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 .
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 ...
The Sycamore Gap tree in northern England was cut down in a suspected act of vandalism in September. Now it’s been confirmed that part of historic Hadrian’s Wall where the felling took place ...
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 ...
Sycamore Gap: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall chopped down in apparent act of vandalismPA
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 ...
Milecastle 33 (Shield on the Wall) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall, one of a series of small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along the length of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England.
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 ...