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Famous Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall had been deliberately cut down

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The not-completely-unknown sycamore at a depression on Hadrian's Wall had stood for a few hundred years, until it was discovered today, fallen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040

Reports suggesting it was deliberately felled; the stump does look remarkably smooth. I wouldn't rule out stormy weather, not being an arborist personally, but if humans were involved: bastards.

The location is rural, but not difficult to access, albeit involving about a twenty-minute walk from the nearest road.

Picture is from my visit on Monday afternoon.

 
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Hmm,what is the appropriate method of human sacrifice for sycamore? Perhaps just nail the miscreants to the trunk?
 
A historic sycamore tree which stood in a dramatic dip in Hadrian's Wall appears to have been felled overnight, the national park has said.

Police are investigating after the tree in Sycamore Gap - known as Robin Hood's Tree - seemed to have been cut down.

Northumberland National Park Authority officials said it believed it had been "deliberately felled" and asked people to stay away from the site.
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Absolutely shocking!

It's one of the symbols of the wall and the national park.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-66947040
 
Few things can irk me as much as vandalism does. I can spend tens of minutes on end making up punishments that will teach vandals and all their fellow vandals, and they tend to be brutal, sadistic and life-changing.
Like I think the proper punishment for a grafiti sprayer is to invade their home and spray everything in it and all they own - their clothes, their car, all windows, their computer inside and out, then spray the sprayer, and empty the can into their eyes :eye-poppi
That's for a painted commuter train.

When vandals damage or destroy historic monuments or national treasures, my fantasies are a lot more drastic.
I am currently thinking how the guy (it is a guy, of course; or group of guys) who cut this tree could be tormented and very slowly be rid of the will to live using the remains of this tree itself... :mad::mad:
 
Why would anyone do this? Just to be an *******?

Surely the value of lumber from one tree can't explain this.
 
Probably some militant Picts protesting the Roman take over of their country. They probably want reparations.
 
It's not just some idiot with a cheap chainsaw from Lidl hacking away, it looks like a professional who knew what they were doing. Very clean cut, marked with paint and a wedge cut.

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Went to visit that when I was up North a few weeks ago. Never dreamed it would be my last opportunity. Real shame.
 
Looks like someone that knew what they were doing.
Remember it's a 20 minute walk in daylight and good conditions from a road.
There was a storm last night

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TurkeysGhost said:
Why would anyone do this? Just to be an *******?

Surely the value of lumber from one tree can't explain this.
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Given the tree was left where it was, I don't think financial gain is evident.

The eastern side had a collection of pebbles (some painted) as memorials to loved ones; a special place for many people.
 
Andy_Ross said:
Looks like someone that knew what they were doing.
Remember it's a 20 minute walk in daylight and good conditions from a road.
There was a storm last night

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I wonder if this is going to turn out to be a simple, yet blunderous, screw up. Imagine being an arborist with a normal work order to cut down a tree, end up going to the wrong tree, and this is the news you wake up to the next day :jaw-dropp
 
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You mean someone that accidentally lugged a chainsaw across the moor to a world famous landmark in the middle of the night, in a storm?
 
Andy_Ross said:
You mean someone that accidentally lugged a chainsaw across the moor to a world famous landmark in the middle of the night, in a storm?
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Maybe he was out of vacation days. Boss says chop, so you gotta chop.

ETA: jokes aside, I agree that middle of the night does imply maliciousness. I guess we have an aggrieved arborist out there somewhere, not sure how a tree managed to earn such ire.
 
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