Apparently there is hope for the “Robin Hood tree”: new shoots could grow from the tree stump. The illegal felling of the sycamore maple caused consternation in England.

The illegally felled sycamore maple in northeast England, known as the Robin Hood tree, could be saved, according to the head of the National Trust. The tree is “very healthy” so new shoots can grow from its stump, constituting what is known as coppice, National Trust chairman Andrew Poad said.

Poad told the BBC that if new shoots were to sprout from the stump and it were possible to support their growth, then this would be “one of the best possible scenarios”. Poad: “Then we can save the tree.”

Apparently I liked it intentionally

Hikers discovered the sawn tree Thursday morning. The sycamore, which was located 60 kilometers west of Newcastle in northeast England, had apparently been deliberately felled during the stormy night.

The cut looked like a chainsaw. The tree had fallen on Hadrian’s Wall, which ran alongside it, and only the stump is still standing. Marks with white paint can also be seen on the stump.

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A 16-year-old boy was subsequently arrested and has since been released on bail. Northumbria Police charged him with criminal damage. Investigators said Thursday they were still beginning their work on the “senseless crime” and were digging in all directions.

“Senseless vandalism”

Due to its impressive location on the edge of Hadrian’s Wall, the tree was the backdrop for a central scene in the 1991 film “Robin Hood,” starring Kevin Costner, and is considered one of the most photographed trees in Great Britain. Brittany.

Many people expressed their dismay online and shared memories related to him. One user wrote on Facebook that he proposed to his wife by the tree.

Local MP Mary Foy called the alleged felling of the tree a “heartbreaking act of senseless vandalism of an iconic and much-loved North East landmark” that would upset “many people across the country, and even the world.”