GC24ZWB Who Was Here 15: The Cache Below (Traditional Cache) in South Wales, United Kingdom created by Pezzini

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Hidden : 3/13/2010

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is another in a series of caches that link some of the fantastical places from the “Doctor Who” series with the fantastic reality of Wales.

This is one of a series of caches based on locations used for filming Doctor Who, be the filming the latest series or any of the earlier ones. If you're near such a location and want to add to the series, just let me know so I can keep the numbers without duplicates and please keep to the naming convention of starting the series with "Who Was Here: ". Thanks.

This was used in the second episode of the Matt Smith's 2010 series. I was avidly watching the episode and was so caught up in the action that I missed the location, but it was there as shown on Confidential. To give you the pointer, in episode "The Beast Below" the abbey was used as the "Tower of London", the chamber in which they tortured the Space Whale upon whose back they rode, until Amy got Liz 10 to abdicate.

I can however, promise you that the cache is NOT inside the actual historic monument, which is open for a few hours most days, so if you have the time, please do take a stroll.

Neath Abbey: Established in 1129 AD when Sir Richard de Granville gave 8,000 acres (32 km²) of his estate in Glamorgan, Wales to Savigniac monks from western Normandy. The first monks arrived in 1130. Following the assumption of the Savigniac order into the Cistercian order in 1147, Neath Abbey also became a Cistercian house. The abbey was ravaged by the Welsh uprisings of the 1200s, and eventually dissolved by King Henry VIII of England in 1539. At this time, the abbey was turned into a large estate. Sir Philip Hobby was the last occupant of the estate.

By 1730, some of the buildings were being used for copper smelting, and the rest were abandoned. In the late 18th century, an Iron Foundry was opened near the Abbey ruins by a company owned by the Price, Fox and Tregelles families.

The archaeology of the abbey was eventually excavated between 1924 and 1935.

Thanks to Wikipedia for the above info, enjoy the cache. Have fun.

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