THE HOLLY BUSH - JACOBITE RISING Traditional Geocache
THE HOLLY BUSH - JACOBITE RISING
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Various places around Hexhamshire have links with the 1715 Jacobite Rising; some being cited as places where the Earl took refuge when government agents were on his trail. At one stage the Earl is supposed to have escaped capture by hiding in a cave at Shafto Crags in the vicinity of Capheaton and Wallington. Between Dilston and Nunsbrough, some holly bushes on the roadside are noted as having been used by Jacobite families as a ‘post-office’ when the Earl and other leaders were in hiding. The messages left beneath the holly bushes were conveyed between the rebels by the young women of the families who rode around Northumberland, acting as couriers.
Our ‘post box’ is not beneath a holly bush but lies quite close to one and is almost at ground level. Here 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 THE FAIRY STONE - JACOBITE RISING
THE HOLLY BUSH - JACOBITE RISING
MIDDLETON HALL – JACOBITE RISING
LORD'S ISLAND - JACOBITE RISING (CUMBRIA)
CROSTHWAITE CHURCH - JACOBITE RISING (CUMBRIA)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Cbfg vg urer - ybbx sbe gur vil.