Penhill Preceptory of The Knights Templars Traditional Cache
Penhill Preceptory of The Knights Templars
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Please note the cache IS NOT placed in the fenced off area of the Penhill Preceptory as this is a scheduled ancient monument – however the cache is placed close by. Please do not let the above statement stop you entering the fenced area, there is even a stile for you to do so.
Terrain is not challenging, but given 2.5 as an up-hill walk is involved to reach the cache site.
The obvious remains, close to the cache site are the Penhill Preceptory of the Knights Templars, the existence of which was undiscovered until 1840, when the removal of an unsightly mound disclosed the ruins and complete ground plan of the chapel and other buildings. The originals buildings were built c.1200
The chapel is 66 feet by 27 feet with walls of rude masonry 4 feet thick. The old stone altar remained in situ,. and two piscincæ. A number of stone coffins were unearthed containing bones, and these coffins too are clearly visable in the ruins.
In the other buildings which have not been exposed, were discovered spurs, horse shoes, and fragments of armour.
The order of Knights Templars was instituted by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1118, and consisted, at first, of nine knights, who undertook to guard the roads near Jerusalem, and to protect pilgrims visiting the holy places. They wore a white habit with a red cross upon the left shoulder, and lived in community near the site of the temple, and hence their name of Templars.
They were introduced into England in the reign of Stephen, and soon acquired both wealth and fame. But the circumstances which had called forth the establishment of this military order, had passed away, and with them, the primitive fervour and holiness of life which the warrior monks had vowed to observe; discipline became lax; abuses crept in; and in 1313, the order of Knights Templars was suppressed by the Pope throughout the world.
AS WITH ALL MY CACHES - DO NOT POST A FIND IF YOU HAVE NOT FOUND THE PLASTIC . ANY LOGS ALONG THE LINES I WENT BUT THE CACHE HAD GONE MISSING SO I'M CLAIMING IT ANYWAY WILL BE DELETED
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