Round the Ruins - Higher Hempshaw's Traditional Cache
Round the Ruins - Higher Hempshaw's
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Higher Hempshaw's ruins on Anglezarke Moor.
The farms here were fed by Green Withins Brook, a tributary of the
River Yarrow. The moorland hills flatten out here and the lay of
the land, coupled with the river, make a typical place for an old
farm.
The path from the cache towards Standing Stones Hill, taken
just after setting the cache.
The valley here was described as the hamlet of HELMSHAWSYDE in a
document dated 1520, and the earliest mention of the spot is
ELMSHAW about 200 years before.
This earliest name describes the valley here as a small one where
elm trees grow. There are none here now but there was, some years
ago, a mock orange tree in full bloom in one of the old gardens
between here and Old Rachel's.
A farmer and his sons also made their own bowling green here in the
1890's. No sign whatsoever of this now!
The cache is in the ruins of Higher Hempshaw's, but not within the
structure / walls.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Bhgre jnyy wbvag
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