Brougham Stroll Traditional Cache
Dikkar: I have archived this cache due to the frequency it either gets flooded out or goes missing - it was never a popular cache in the first place to be honest.
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A small plastic clip-box box containing a log book and pencil and some other bits and bobs. It’s located on the north bank of the River Eamont, at the site of a former bridge crossing (now dismantled) about ½ k to the east of Eamont Bridge. Please make sure the cache is replaced exactly as you found it.
The cache was originally placed by Sheep Dip during a 3 ½ mile circular walk starting from the Eden Millennium Monument, a 50-tonne block of 330 million year old Shap granite (easy parking at NY 519 282) - now with its own cache 'The Millenium Stone GC4HCVY.
Although the walk could in fact be done from any number of starting points on the circle, all of which have easy parking.
From the parking spot suggested above, pass Mayburgh Henge, and follow the river as far as Brougham Castle before turning south-west past Brougham Hall and back to King Arthur’s Round Table, a henge consisting of a huge, circular earth bank at Eamont Bridge.
Mayburgh Henge consists of a circular bank, 6.4. metres high and 50 metres across at its base, enclosing an area of around 87 metres in diameter. It is likely that it originally contained at least one circle of standing stones with two pairs of standing stones flanking the entrance. Now only one monolith survives.
Brougham Castle was built in the 13th century on the site of Brocavum, a Roman fort. The main tower largely survives, reinforced by 14th century additions made by the powerful Clifford family to guard their northern estates against Scots invaders. Both King James I and King Charles I were regular visitors to the Castle.
Until 1237 Scotland started where Brougham Hall now stands. There is evidence that a fortified dwelling has existed on the spot since 1307. Known in Victorian times as ‘the Windsor of the North’, it was the home of Henry Brougham, Lord Chancellor in the 1830s and inventor of the Brougham carriage, the first one-horse carriage. The Hall is gradually being restored by the Brougham Hall Charitable Trust which does not charge for entry but invites donations. There is an excellent small café sited within one of the outbuildings of the Hall offering organic local food in a varied and very reasonably priced menu 
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