A beloved tree in the UK that’s been photographed numerous instances was minimize down in what police are calling an act of vandalism.
The Sycamore Hole Tree in Northumberland, England ― also called the Robin Hood Tree as a result of its memorable position within the 1991 movie “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” ― was taken down with a chainsaw Wednesday evening or Thursday morning.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested, in response to the BBC, which stated he was serving to with the investigation however didn’t elaborate.
The tree, which grew alongside Hadrian’s Wall in a dip between hills, was estimated to be 200 to 300 years previous.
Locals instructed The Guardian they heard nothing as a result of excessive winds from a storm.
“I can’t perceive why anybody would do that,” Kimberly McGuinness, the police and crime commissioner for Northumberland, instructed the newspaper. “It’s like stealing pleasure.”
“We’re devastated by the information that the #SycamoreGap tree in Northumberland — also called the Robin Hood tree — has been felled,” Woodland Belief, the nation’s largest woodland conservation group, wrote on X. “It is a really irreplaceable loss.”
The Belief had named the sycamore “Tree of the 12 months” in 2016.
“We’re shocked and desperately saddened to be taught that the well-known Sycamore Hole tree at Hadrian’s Wall has been felled in a single day, in what seems to be an act of vandalism,” the Nationwide Belief wrote on X. “We all know simply how a lot this iconic tree is liked domestically, nationally and by everybody who has visited.”
Individuals expressed dismay and shared reminiscences on social media: