"Horse's Leap" Traditional Cache
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
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This settlement has been here since at least 1613, but its roots
go back to a local legend that is still disputed as fact. The two
Stones on either side of this mineshaft are said to make the span
of an incredible 22 foot leap said to be done for a bet, by Thomas
ap Harri on a large farm horse in the early 1500s. Thomas himself
was a prosperous local man, and his son Harri acquired Basingwerk
Abbey in 1540 after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry
VIII.
The Stones are known to have been moved at least twice since
Thomas' 'leap' and now stand 29 feet apart.
In 1833 archaeologists established that the marker stones were
from the Bronze Age.
No other remains were found during the dig, so the stones must have
been brought here, possibly to mark the jump. The stones also used
to be much larger. Records show that one stood over 4 foot high in
the 1950s.
The mineshaft itself is just one of hundreds that cover the common.
Lead was heavily mined here from Roman Times to as recently as
1987.
Look for the remaining humps and bumps of the industry all over
Halkyn Mountain Common.
The local village Naid y March is Welsh for Horse's Leap.
Information on
Basingwerk
Abbey
Daily Post
story Jan 1st 2008
Oh yes the cache
, one of our small caches. So no
please
bring one and those tweezers
thank you.
Nearby cache -
Sanctuary
Pen y Ball Top
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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