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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katie Dickinson

World famous tree on Hadrian’s Wall was ‘deliberately felled’ leaving locals heartbroken

Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

One of the UK’s most photographed trees has come down overnight after being “deliberately felled,” the Northumberland National Park Authority has said.

The famous tree at Sycamore Gap, next to Hadrian’s Wall, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner when it appeared in his 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.

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