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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 ...
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 ...
Hadrian’s Wall damaged by vandals who chopped down Sycamore Gap tree. 09:45, Tara Cobham. Hadrian’s Wall has been damaged by the vandals who chopped down the Sycamore Gap tree, investigators ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cilurnum is considered to be the best-preserved and best example of a Roman cavalry fort on Hadrian's Wall. [1] The site is now preserved by English Heritage as Chesters Roman Fort . There is a museum on the site housing finds from the fort and elsewhere along the wall.
Sycamore Gap: Iconic tree at Hadrian's Wall chopped down in apparent act of vandalismPA