Southwick Priory Ruins Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 2/12/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Southwick Priory


In 1135 Henry I established a priory of Austin canons at St Mary's church in Portchester Castle but around 1145 the priory moved further inland from Portchester to this site at Southwick.

During the 15th century Southwick became a popular destination for pilgrims, most of whom came to worship at the Shrine of Our Lady, and the priory became known as Our Lady of Southwick. Henry VI married Margaret of Anjou at Southwick in 1445.

Henry VIII passed through Southwick in 1510 and made an offering 6s 8d at the Our Lady of Southwick. However Henry's connection to Southwick was brief, and in 1536 the task of finding an excuse to dissolve the Priory fell to his advisor Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell found the excuse in a letter sent by one of the canons, James Gunwyn, who claimed that the 5 daily masses ordered centuries before by Bishop Wykeham had not been observed for over 40 years, and that the priory's accounts books had been falsified.

The Priory was duly suppressed and the church pulled down, the prior's lodging was converted into a grand house. In the course of time parts of the house became ruinous and at the beginning of the nineteenth century a new house was rebuilt on higher ground a short distance away and much of the monastic building finally disappeared in the process including a great chapel with fourteen windows on either side. This new house burned down in 1838 and the stone was used for local building projects. It was replaced by the present day Southwick house which was built in 1841.

Of the Priory nothing remains except for a section of wall and a few earthworks. The wall, reached on a footpath through the woodland, known as The Wilderness, contains a well-preserved doorway, a buttress, and several short sections of wall foundations leading away at right angles. There are several slender pillars and carved capitals built onto the wall.

Please note the Priory can only be visited during the hours of daylight and dogs must be kept on leads

At the posted coordinates you will see a notice board
 What century was the priory founded? = AB
What year was the priory suppressed by the crown? = CDEF

Follow the path to the priory ruins at N50 52.322 W001 06.443
 How many open doorways are there? = G
How many steps? = H

Behind the wall is a low level gate at N50 52.331 W001 06.464
 How many vertical poles = J

A short walk to the final location where you can enjoy the view and find the cache at
N50 52. (H-G) B E W001 0J.(D-B)(F-C-A) H



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1 zrger hc gur gehax arne gur tnc va gur gerrf ba gur obhaqnel yvar. Nyy pnpuref fubhyq unir gur erdhverq gbby (vs abg n fhofgvghgr pna or fbheprq ybpnyyl)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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