This is an addition to the ‘Footsteps of St Birinus’ caches, originally placed by ‘No Educashun’.
The 7th Century Birinus converted the pagan Saxons to Christianity in the Kingdom of Wessex. He died in AD 650 and it is thought that pilgrims began to visit his grave soon afterwards, to pray and seek his support for their intentions. This series of caches follows a route from Churn Hill, where Berin (Saxon name of Birinus) preached, to South Moreton, which is on the route to Dorchester, where Birinus (Latin name) established his cathedral.
This new #4 replaces the old one which has been archived. It is at the base of Blewburton Hill, which was the site of an Iron Age hill fort and would certainly have been prominent in the landscape in the 7th Century.