Researchers have been able to study the tree’s characteristics after it was felled illegally two years ago
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Researchers have been able to study the tree’s characteristics after it was felled illegally two years ago
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The Sycamore Gap tree was at least 100 years old when it was felled in a “devastating” act of vandalism, say a team of researchers.
More than half of the 49 ‘trees of hope’ from the sycamore will be planted over the course of National Tree Week
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, from Cumbria, are due to be sentenced on 15 July after being found guilty of felling the tree
Age ties in with theory tree was planted in 19th century by landowner known as ‘the man who saved Hadrian’s Wall’
The famous tree was illegally chopped down in the middle of the night in September 2023
The tree, which stood next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, was cut down by two chainsaw-wielding men in September 2023.
A piece of the Sycamore Gap tree trunk is unveiled at its new home near Hadrian's Wall.
