The Hurdle Traditional Cache
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This cache is situated alongside a lovely wooded coastal path between Fishbourne and Binstead (Quarr Road). It is only a few feet from the footpath and you will be glad to know that no jumping is actually involved!
This container has now been replaced with the original one that is on the object in question.
If you follow the path from Fishbourne this will take you past Quarr Abbey's modern grounds and pigsties. You will also be able to see the ancient ruins of the previous abbey along the way and some great views of the solent. It is a 2 mile round walk from Fishbourne which should only take around 40 minutes.
You can also approach from Church road in Binstead, from which you can park and will be a shorter walk through into Quarr woods to find the cache. Of course if you wished you can carry on to Fishbourne.
Some info about Quarr Abbey: The ancient abbey of Quarr was founded in 1132 by Baldwin de Redvers, later Lord of the Island and Earl of Devon. He brought monks from Savigny Abbey, in Normandy, France, to the island for the monastery.
The abbey took its name from the quarry to the east of it.It had an establishment at the entrance to Wootton Creek at Fishhouse, now Fishbourne, from which its ships could sail. Monks from Quarr were responsible for many surrounding granges (large agricultural establishments) and churches, including for a time Saint Nicholas' chapel at Carisbrooke Castle.
Monks were very good at choosing sites for monasteries in days gone by. The Cistercian abbey of Quarr is especially interesting because it exploits access to and from the sea. When sailing in the Solent you can still see the bold protective wall on the northern edge of the abbey precinct. When you pass Quarr on your way between Ryde and Newport you gain an equally good view of the southern wall. These walls were in fact the last part of the monastic complex to be built, being a major element in the defensive works built by Islanders in the early stages of the Hundred Years War. They contain Britain’s earliest documented gun ports, thought to date from the early 1360s. At that time, Quarr’s monks had seized their place at the cutting edge of England’s defence technology.
Despite the good reputation of its monks, the Abbey was closed under King Henry VIII in July 1536. The last abbot, with one of his monks, crossed the Solent to resume their religious life at Beaulieu, while two other monks went off to Quarr’s daughter house at Buckland. The abbey was purchased and demolished by Mr John Mills of Southampton. Some of its stone was used for building Yarmouth Castle.
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