Bell Tower, defender of Berwick! Traditional Cache
Hidden : 9/12/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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If you have done the Lowry Trail, or Weir's Way: Berwick, you will know that Berwick is a surprisingly fortified little town!

The fortifications were built in Elizabethan times to defend the town against marauding Scots and sneaky French. Neither ever arrived to test their strength.

Central to the towns defence plan was Bell Tower. Positioned to the North of the town centre it was designed to give defenders an early warning of attack.




The tower is a stone octagonal four storey tower, founded in 1577. It flanks the line of the medieval town wall and is built on a circular base, of 1392. Over the centuries, it has been considerably repaired and altered, with the doors that gave access to the parapet walk, showing the original height of the wall.

About one hundred metres away is the Lord's Mount. This is a two storey artillery tower, founded by King Henry VIII. This enormous circular fortification, which probably supported an embrasured parapet, flanks the north-east angle of the medieval town wall. The surviving lower floor, has casemates for six long swivel guns and an accommodation range which includes, a garderobe, a kitchen and a well. The upper floor, with its platform for six more large guns and the captain's apartments, were dismantled in 1558 when the Elizabethan Ramparts were begun. Once you have done the cache at Bell Tower please pay a visit to the Lord's Mount. (I would have liked to have placed a cache here too - but it was just too close to the Bell Tower to fit in with the caching rules)

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