FAIRY STONE - JACOBITE RISING Traditional Cache
FAIRY STONE - JACOBITE RISING
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Fourstones, is so called because of four stones, said to have been Roman altars, having been used to mark its boundaries. A romantic use was made of one of these stones in the early days of "The Fifteen" (1715 Jacobite Rising). Every evening, as dusk fell, a little figure, clad in green, stole up to the ancient altar, which had been slightly hollowed out, and, taking out a packet, laid another in its place. The mysterious packets, placed there so secretly, were letters from the Jacobites of the neighbourhood to each other; and the little figure in green was a boy who acted as messenger for them. No wonder that the people of the district gave this altar the name of the "Fairy Stone."
A broken stone lying beside The Red Lion in nearby Newbrough is said to be one of these four boundary stones. We have not used this stone but we have created a ‘post box’ following a similar concept nearby where you can pick up the log, post your note and replace awaiting the next visitor and thus replicating history.
MEMORIAL CROSS – LANGLEY – JACOBITE RISING
DILSTON CASTLE AND THE EARL’S BRIDGE - JACOBITE RISING
WATERFALLS HILL - JACOBITE RISING
THE THREE HALF MOONS - JACOBITE RISING
THE MASONS ARMS - JACOBITE RISING
FAIRY STONE - JACOBITE RISING
THE HOLLY BUSH - JACOBITE RISING
MIDDLETON HALL – JACOBITE RISING
LORD'S ISLAND - JACOBITE RISING (CUMBRIA)
CROSTHWAITE CHURCH - JACOBITE RISING (CUMBRIA)
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