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Landmarks - Hadrian's Wall
HADRIAN S WALL HADRIAN'S WALL IS ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST STUNNING AND MEMORABLE MONUMENTS. IT WAS BUILT IN AD 122 TO SEPARATE THE ROMANS FROM THE BARBARIANS. THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE TAKES IN SOME OF THE MOST RUGGED MOORLAND AND RUNS...
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Crane lifts felled Sycamore Gap landmark tree
Andrew Poad, National Trust site manager, talks about the plan to remove the felled sycamore from Hadrian's Wall. Footage of the operation to lift the tree, which will is expected to be taken from the site on Friday.
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Felled Sycamore Gap tree removed from Hadrian's Wall
Workers have removed the famous Sycamore Gap tree from Hadrian's Wall after it was felled in September. The tree was felled in an apparent act of vandalism on September 28. Northumbria Police arrested a boy aged 16 and a man in his 60s,...
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Felled Sycamore Gap tree removed by crane
A crane was used to lift the 50ft tree off the historic and delicate Roman wall, before it is removed from the area and put into safe storage at a trust site. Northumbria Police arrested a boy aged 16 and a man in his 60s after the tree...
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Famous Northumberland Sycamore Gap tree ‘deliberately felled’
One of the UK’s most photographed trees has come down overnight after being “deliberately felled", the Northumberland National Park Authority said. The tree at Sycamore Gap, next to Hadrian’s Wall, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner...
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Khan Academy: Hadrian, Building the Wall
In 122 C.E. Hadrian ordered a mighty frontier system to be built across the north of Britain. The result was Hadrian's Wall, a 73 mile barrier stretching from the Solway Firth on the west coast of Britain to the River Tyne on the east...