Britain is in shock.

The famous Sycamore Gap tree, located in a natural depression in the landscape along Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, may have been „deliberately felled“ overnight, Northumberland National Park Authority said on Thursday, Dnevnik reported.

A 16-year-old teenager is believed to have cut down the iconic tree from the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Robbers.

The landmark, which the national park claims is its most photographed location, is also known as „Robin Hood’s Tree“ after it featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Robbers, and in 2016 .was voted English Tree of the Year.

Here’s what park director Tony Gates said:

„We are still coming to terms with the loss of the tree at Sycamore Gap and are deeply touched by all the messages and support we have received.

The tree meant so much, of course people want to know what comes next. Right now we are focused on making the place safe and supporting the staff and the community.

We will work with the National Trust and other partners to look at options and make plans for the tree’s location,“ he said.

Many interesting comments appeared on the web:

I know it’s very early days, but I’m wondering if shoots do come up in the spring from the stump that whether some clever iron cast worker could make a tree guard with a decorative tree of life or a phoenix with sycamore leaves as feathers?
Something symbolic to state that no matter what life throws at you, however harsh, cruel and plain unfair, you can survive and grow again. It would protect the stump from anyone messing with it in the future and give the shoots a chance to grow undisturbed. Just an idea.

I’d like to see the tree stump left, protected somehow so it can regrow potentially but also for new ones to be planted nearby or even right next to it somehow.
People are saying a sculpture of some kind but personally I’d prefer something natural to grow. Of course a sculpture would be nice in addition.

I never got to see it up close just photos.

Yet it always filled me with pleasure and pride seeing some of the amazing shots over the years.

I have a desperate yearning to know why, it can’t just be mindless vandalism.

Early days, I know, but sycamore wood is ideal for ‘chopping boards’ (etc.) and it would be nice to think that the wood could perhaps be crafted into items for us to buy with the money used to fund the replacement – whatever form that may take.

Hopefully the felled tree can be made into something in order to preserve the historic past. I’d like to see a go fund me created. One tree felled, hundreds more planted across Northumberland and of course a new tree or sculpture at Sycamore Gap.

Hopefully the stump will regrow, and the tree can be used for something purposeful which can be enjoyed. It would be wonderful if people could donate a small amount to some kind of memorial fund which could then be used to plant many, many, more trees, what a legacy that would be for such an icon of the county x

Personally absolutely shocked and upset by this tragic loss of the tree. Great to hear that there is a chance of a coppice being an option, however! I wonder if to restore and preserve the landscape could we think about a Tree of the North statue of the tree until our tree gets the chance to recover?

Get one of our wonderful local woodcarvers to turn the felled trunk into a bench where people can rest and reflect. Eventually the old stump will have new growth.

Please can you use the tree to make say a bench and sculpture with a plaque so that folk can still go there, sit down and remember

I’m not convinced a 16 year old has done this alone. Too professional, he’d have to drive there with no license.

Thank you for the update. The loss of the tree is heartbreaking. I have lived and walked nearby all my life and this feels like losing part of my home, as well as being an attack on the wild and beautiful places. I really like the ‘Guardian of the Gap’ idea which someone posted above. It seems only right to mark the tree and the place with a symbol of longevity and strength.

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