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Theo Farrant

Robin Hood’s famed Sherwood Forest 1,200-year-old oak tree declared dead

Sherwood Forest's Major Oak, the legendary ancient tree said to have sheltered Robin Hood, has died.

The tree failed to sprout leaves this spring, prompting the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to confirm what conservationists had long feared.

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