Kells Priory Traditional Cache

Kells Priory  is one of the largest and most impressive medieval monuments in Ireland as well as one of Irelands hidden treasures. 

The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells. One of its most striking feature is a collection of medieval tower houses spaced at intervals along and within walls which enclose a site of just over 3 acres (12,000 m2). These give the priory the appearance more of a fortress than of a place of worship and from them comes its local name of "Seven Castles". The priory is divided into two parts, an inner monastic Precinct alongside the river and a large outer enclosure to the south. In the fifteenth century, the latter was referred to as Villa Prioris but in more recent times it has been known as Burgher's Court, the Burgess or Burgess Court. Burgess Court is adopted here because it best reflects the purpose for which it was constructed. In the past Burgess Court was though to have been the site of the medieval borough of Kell but modern research has shown that this was not the case. Today all the monastic remains are grouped together in the Precinct while Burgess Court is little more than a walled field populated by tourists and sheep. The cache is located at the heart of an old tree outside the priory near one of the priorys inpressive towers. The cache is in a plastic pill box. Please replace as you find it. Thank you.