Cells & Cascades Traditional Geocache
Deceangi: Rather than keep this cache temporarily disabled (which should only be used for shortish periods) I'm archiving it. If/when the cache is ever replaced I'll gladly unarchive it assuming it still meets the guidelines.
Deceangi
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A pleasant riverside walk in a quiet area of Cumbria along a well graded path with steep drops in places to the River Eden.
This cache is easily reached from the village of Wetheral. Park by the village green and head down to the river past the 16th century church of the Holy Trinity, dedicated to St Mary and St ConstantineHigh above the river a train viaduct of five semi-circular arches, each spanning 80 feet, crosses the river Eden. Started in 1830, it was finished in 1834, and is a memorial to Henry Howard, Esq. of Corby Castle. From the river bank you can view the castle and the recently restored cascades.On a small side road on the edge of the village, the red sandstone Wetheral Priory Gatehouse stands three stories tall, a pale hint of a once thriving Benedictine priory, and an example of a time when monasteries played an important roll in the land.Founded in 1106, it once encompassed grand monastic buildings-a chapel, school, domestic quarters, and monastic offices. The gatehouse-in its present 15th century form-is all that remains. It was the entrance into the outer court of the monastery and contained chambers above the passageway. The gatehouse survived Henry VIII's destruction of the monasteries by serving as the vicarage for the local church. A short distance from the ruins, St Constantine's Cells, 40 feet above the River Eden were used by the monks as early as the 14th century as places of refuge during border warfare. Legend says these cells, excavated in the face of the rock, were made by Constantine, a younger son of a Scottish monarch. In 1843 a carved stone figure of St Constantine was placed opposite the cells.The cache is a regular sized food container with a blue lid.
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