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The criminal damage caused by the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree has been valued at more than £620,000, according to court charges.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, both from Carlisle, face Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with two counts of criminal damage, both to the tree and Hadrian's Wall.
The tree damage was valued at £622,191 and damage to the wall at £1,144.
Both offences were alleged to have been committed on September 28 last year.
The men were arrested last October and have been on bail since then, according to Northumbria Police.
The much-photographed tree, which has stood next to the Roman wall since the late 1800s, was cut down in September, causing an international outpouring of shock and dismay.
The tree had been popular with visitors and tourists, with millions of people travelling to the Northumberland site.
