GC1QB5K Halton Castle (Traditional Cache) in North East England, United Kingdom created by Campymoose

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Hidden : 5/17/2009

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A Drive to or a lovely walk in the countryside - could be combined with Aydon Castle geocache.

The cache is a short walk from the castle and church. The church is well worth a look. In the churchyard there is a roman altar stone. There is a really nice duck pond near the church and castle. The castle is a private house.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Halton like this:

"HALTON, a township and a chapelry in Corbridge parish, Northumberland. The township lies on the Roman wall, adjacent to Watling street, 5 miles NE of Hexham. Acres, 798. Pop., 45. Houses, 8. Halton Castle, ½ a mile S of the Roman wall, belonged to the Haltons; passed to the Carnabys; belongs now to Sir E. Blackett; consists chiefly of stones taken from Roman buildings; and is a massive square tower, with corner turrets. A Jacobean farm house is attached to it; and has some Roman mouldings and a weathered sculpture, which probably was part of a sepulchral slab. A small old church is near the castle, and appears, like the castle, to have been built chiefly of Roman stones. Halton-Chesters, on the Roman wall, was the station Hunnum, occupied by the Ala Sabiniana; comprised an area of 4¼ acres; but is now so obliterated that even an antiquary who has not been forewarned, might pass through it without recognising it; yet, so late as 1827, when the last portion of it was subjected to the plough, was found to contain numerous substructions of very careful masonry.-The chapelry includes also Halton-Shields township, and is annexed to the vicarage of Corbridge in the diocese of Durham."

Wikipedia entry:
Halton Castle is a pele tower and grade I listed building situated close to Hadrian's Wall to the north of the village of Corbridge in Northumberland, England.

The tower was first recorded in 1382 and it is still present today. It has four storeys and a basement with a stone vault. In the 15th century a manor house was built onto the north side of the tower giving it a T shaped plan. In about 1696 much of this building was demolished by the then owner John Douglas and replaced with the present five bay residence.

In 1757 Anne Douglas the heiress of Halton married Sir Edward Blackett and the castle remains a residence of the Blackett family

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre fgbarf ng onfr bs na vil pbirerq ohfu, arne n jnyy.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)