![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/sycamore-gap-tourists-warned-dont-touch-the-stump-as-detectives-probe-new-theory/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Sycamore-Gap.jpg&description=People travelling to see the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree have been urged to stop touching its stump and removing pieces by the National Trust, as investigations continue Tourists who have travelled to pay their respects to the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree after it was cut down this week have been urged to stop touching its stump and removing pieces from it. The tree on Hadrian's Wall was felled overnight between Wednesday and Thursday and police launched an investigation. A 16-year-old male who was arrested in connection with the incident has now been released on bail pending further enquires, Northumbria Police has said. A second man in his 60s was arrested on Friday evening. Since the felling, a number of people have travelled to the area to pay respects to the cut-down tree that was once a key part of the landscape. But the area around the tree was today fenced off and a chalked blackboard sign from the National Trust was put up, warning people to stay away and "respect the tree". It reads: "Please respect the tree and avoid touching it or removing pieces from it. We will find a way to commemorate it. Thank you." It comes as police are probing a new theory that the tree could not have been cut down by just one boy - and made a second arrest. Former lumberjack Walter Renwick was evicted from his farm, with police searching the property as part of their investigation. Mr Renwick's daughter-in-law Lauren said she was "livid" after the 69-year-old was taken into custody at Newcastle police station for "something he hasn't even done". She said he has two leaking heart valves and the physicality of such a task would be impossible for him. Speaking to the Times, Lauren said of her father-in-law: "He's got two leaking heart valves. He's never fit enough to get up there. He's down here living like f*****g Bear Grylls." The pensioner himself told the Sun: "I didn't do it." He added: "I am a former lumberjack and I have just been kicked off my property, so I can see why people hav){kind=link}
People travelling to see the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree have been urged to stop touching its stump and removing pieces by the National Trust, as investigations continue
Tourists who have travelled to pay their respects to the iconic Sycamore Gap Tree after it was cut down this week have been urged to stop touching its stump and removing pieces from it.
The tree on Hadrian’s Wall was felled overnight between Wednesday and Thursday and police launched an investigation. A 16-year-old male who was arrested in connection with the incident has now been released on bail pending further enquires, Northumbria Police has said. A second man in his 60s was arrested on Friday evening.
Since the felling, a number of people have travelled to the area to pay respects to the cut-down tree that was once a key part of the landscape. But the area around the tree was today fenced off and a chalked blackboard sign from the National Trust was put up, warning people to stay away and “respect the tree”. It reads: “Please respect the tree and avoid touching it or removing pieces from it. We will find a way to commemorate it. Thank you.”
It comes as police are probing a new theory that the tree could not have been cut down by just one boy – and made a second arrest. Former lumberjack Walter Renwick was evicted from his farm, with police searching the property as part of their investigation.