Norman Motte and Bailey Traditional Cache
Roving Rangie: This cache has been archived because of the remote location.
We have found an alternative location nearby so will be placing a new cache there soon!!
I hope all that visited the cache, enjoyed the views etc..
Roving Rangies
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Site of old Norman motte and bailey. Cache is in a small green zipped bag.
Please do not obstruct any gates. This is a working farm. From .
1. Shorter, but steeper and possibly muddier.
During winter months, it can be very muddy and slippery, please take care.
Car parking is at 51. 30.989N 001.50.866W and is limited
After crossing 2nd stile, either follow track, or bear right through trees. Half way up the hill you will rejoin the track.
2. Longer route (about 1.6 miles)
Follow this footpath from Broad Hinton at 51.29.396N 001.51.110W. This route is level and reasonably easy going.
Dogs must be on a lead, sheep or cows may be in the fields.
HISTORY
Bincknoll (pronounced ‘Bynol’) Castle, earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey of daunting natural strength, which was perhaps in origin an Iron Age promontory fort. The Norman in question was probably Gilbert of Breteuil, who after the conquest acquired a block of manors centred on Broad Hinton, and built a castle here to guard and oversee them. The earthworks of the now deserted hamlet of Bincknoll which grew up outside the castle may be discerned in Bincknoll Dip, sloping away to the north. But here the parish boundary was altered in 1884, and much of the clayland beneath the scarp, including Bincknoll Farm, Cotmarsh and part of Broad Town, which was formerly part of Broad Hinton, has been lost to other parishes.
Additional Hints
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