It was known as Robin Hood's Tree, and park authorities say the iconic landmark was 'deliberately felled.' People have been kept from the area.
Authorities in the north of England say a 16-year-old teenager has been arrested and accused of cutting down the iconic 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree made famous in a film about Robin Hood and located next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
Officials with the Northumberland National Park Authority said they had struggled to"see the logic" in cutting the historic tree down. It was made famous when it appeared in the film"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," starring Kevin Costner.
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