Two men have been convicted of cutting down the beloved Sycamore Gap tree in northern England along ancient Hadrian’s Wall

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found guilty of two counts each of criminal damage for cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree and toppling it onto Hadrian's Wall.

The Sycamore Gap tree was not Britain’s biggest or oldest sycamore, but it was prized for its picturesque setting, symmetrically planted between two hills along the ancient wall built by Emperor Hadrian in A.D. 122 to protect the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire, and had attracted generations of followers.