Hartburn Glebe Grotto Traditional Cache
Phil100: It looks as though this cache has gone. I'm not able to replace it so I am archiving it. Shame because its a great location! đ
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The cache is a small container with a logbook and pencil with a few trinkets. It could probably hold small trackables. It is located in Hartburn Glebe which is situated on the steep sides of the valley of the Hart Burn and is an area managed by the Woodland Trust (www.woodland-trust.org.uk). Although it may be possible to park nearer to the cache site, I would suggest using the carpark in the centre of the village at N55° 10.115', W001° 51.675'.
The co-ordinates should lead you to a location near to a grotto which was cut into a partly natural cave by Dr John Sharp, an Archdeacon of Northumberland, who was vicar of Hartburn from 1749 to 1796. The grotto consists of two compartments hewn from the rock the first of which contains a fireplace. Outside, above the entrance, are two niches which once held statues of Adam and Eve. From the grotto there is a short slab-roofed tunnel which allowed ladies to âdiscreetlyâ reach the river which is deep enough to swim in at this point. The grotto is a grade II listed structure and the cache is NOT inside.
It is well worth exploring some of the rest of Hartburn Glebe but be aware that some of the paths have steep drops and care needs to be taken, particularly with children. Further up the valley, the Devilâs Causway, the remains of a Roman road, crosses the Hart Burn. In 1834, the Rev. John Hodgson, another vicar of Hartburn and a distinguished historian, noted a double row of square holes cut into the river bed, the only evidence recorded of a bridge on the Devilâs Causeway.
The Rev. John Hodgson was the author of six volumes of a "History of Northumberland" and on his death in 1845 he was buried in the churchyard of St Andrewâs, the parish church of Hartburn. The churchyard has some of the best examples of 18th century gravestones in Northumberland and is well worth a visit before you leave the village.
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