Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle dates to the 11th century and commands a gap in the Purbeck Hills on the route between Wareham and Swanage. The first phase was one of the earliest castles in England to be built at least partly using stone when the majority were built with earth and timber. Corfe Castle underwent major structural changes in the 12th and 13th centuries.
In 1572, Corfe Castle left the Crown's control when Elizabeth I sold it to Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir John Bankes bought the castle in 1635, and was the owner during the English Civil War. While Bankes was fighting in London and Oxford, his wife, Lady Mary Bankes, led the defence of the castle when it was twice besieged by Parliamentarian forces. The first siege, in 1643, was unsuccessful, but by 1645 Corfe was one of the last remaining royalist strongholds in southern England and fell to a siege ending in an assault. In March that year Corfe Castle was slighted on Parliament's orders. Owned by the National Trust, the castle is open to the public and in 2018 received around 237,000 visitors. It is protected as a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Monument.
This is a virtual cache.
You MUST follow the instructions to claim a find.
Find the Town pump at the coordinates and message me with the answer to the following question.
1. How many feathers are on the plaque attached to the pump during Christmas the pump is covered so the answer is 3?
2. Take a photo of Corfe Castle You must include yourself, one of your team, your gps or something else of yours, in the photo. You must post the photo in your log when you log your find. Do not message me with the photo.
Please DON'T wait for confirmation before posting your log
Whilst this is a popular area please remember you are on a public highway and cars often have mexican stand-offs as to who should have right of way and who should reverse. There isn't much room for cars and people at the same time so you need to pay attention to traffic.
Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024-2025
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between January 17, 2024 and January 17, 2025. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 4.0 on the Geocaching Blog.