Police said that a deliberate act of vandalism may have brought down what is perhaps England’s most-photographed tree, the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian’s Wall.
The fallen tree and stump were circled by police tape Thursday.in 2016. When night fell, the tree cast a striking silhouette against the horizon.
It grew in a dip along Hadrian’s Wall, the 73-mile stone wall built in 122 AD by the Roman Army to mark the Roman Empire’s northwest frontier — a role it kept for three centuries, until the end of Roman rule on the island.it was “shocked and desperately saddened” by the news and was working to understand what happened and what can be done. “We know just how much this iconic tree is loved locally, nationally and by everyone who has visited,” the organization added.
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