Lost Castle Traditional Cache
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
(small)
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Park in car park then walk past the church and cottages on your
left. About A 20 min walk to the
the Cache.
There is NO NEED to get to close to the castle.
(wellies recommended if wet)
Ruin of tower the house(Simonburn Castle), partly reconstructed in
1766 as an eyecatcher from Nunwick Hall. Dressed stone facing to
rubble core. Square plan. Fragmentary remains on tree-covered
mound. Semicircular barrel-vaulted ground floor.
East wall is best preserved and stands to
c.4.0 metres high in centre: small window opening near south-east
corner; open passage leading to pointed, chamfered doorway at
north-east corner; section of
segmental arch in wall to north of doorway. The remainder has
collapsed and any surviving features are hidden by fallen masonry
and is now overgrown.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
haqre gur ebbg bs n gnyy gerr ng gur erne