MP005: Margam High Point Traditional Cache
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This is the Fith in a series of ten cache's in the grounds of Margam Park. There is no cache smaller than a 35MM film canister. There will be clues in some not all of the cache's to a 11th Bonus cache.
This is the High Point in Margam park and gives great views out towards the coast down to the Mumbles and beyond and is the halfway point on this series if your doing all of them in order
Take care when getting the cache, as there are stinging nettles guarding this.
The cache is not in or on the wall
Margam Church occupies the site of the original Abbey of Margam, which was founded in 1147 by Robert Consul, Earl of Gloucester, and given to Cistercian monks from Clairvaux Abbey in France. The original grant of land covered the whole area between the rivers Afon and Kenfig, extending northwards to include Bryn and part of Pontrhydyfen.
Like other Cistercian Abbeys its economy depended mainly upon sheep rearing. Much of the wool produced was exported to the continent from Taibach. The monks also mined small quantities of iron and coal.
During the twelfth century the Abbey was the largest and wealthiest in Wales, the Margam Abbots being famous for their support for Welsh poetry and literature. Amongst many hand-copied manuscripts held in the Abbey’s Chapter House was a copy of the Domesday Book, now owned by the British Library.
Following the Black Death, which reached Margam in 1349, the numbers of lay brothers gradually dwindled. Eventually the monks were obliged to lease their granges to local landowners. Only nine monks were left when the Abbey was closed following The Dissolution of the Monastries Act of 1536. After this the Abbey buildings fell into disuse and decay. The present Parish Church is based upon part of the Abbey nave and was extensively remodelled in the nineteenth century.
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