[Verginius Rufus]

Hadrian’s Wall is a long way from Robin Hood’s stomping grounds, and the 18th century was long after Robin Hood’s day.

[Drew68]

Hadrian’s Wall is a long way from Robin Hood’s stomping grounds, and the 18th century was long after Robin Hood’s day.

My thoughts as well.

At the end of the day, he cut down a tree of dubious historical significance. Loggers cut down 250 year old trees all the time.

Sure, the kid's an a$$hole but it's not like he shredded the Mona Lisa here. Let's have some perspective.

[BillyBoy]

>> Hadrian’s Wall is a long way from Robin Hood’s stomping grounds, and the 18th century was long after Robin Hood’s day. <<

Agree. This article makes no sense in terms of the tree's "historic" value.

Hadrian's Wall is from Roman era Britain, it was constructed around 122 AD, to build a border wall between what is roughly England and Scotland today.

Robin Hood is a figure from folklore who likely never existed, but the stories are set during the time of Richard the Lionhearted was away fighting in the third crusade, so roughly a 1000 years later... 1190s A.D. or so. Nottingham, Sherwood Forest, Loxley, etc., are all nowhere near Hadrian's Wall.

18th century UK was the colonial era, when George III was taxing us too much for tea, so any tree planted during that time would have been grown around 600 years AFTER "Robin Hood's" heyday.