THIS IS A BONUS CACHE FOR THE ADVENTURE LAB 'FOLLOW THE FLODDEN WALL'.
The cache can be found at N55 56.ABC W003 11.DEF
A, B, C, D, E, F are revealed in the Journal messages for the lab.
PLEASE BE AWARE: The container is hidden in a very busy place, so maximum stealth will be required. Take a companion to act as look out and be ultra vigilant.
You have completed the lab cache, so you already know all about the Flodden Wall, and a little bit about the King's Wall and the Telfer Wall while you did the adventure lab.
Just to recap:
The Flodden Wall was built after the Scots were badly defeated at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. At that time, Henry VIII was king of England and James IV was king of Scotland; they were related by marriage, as James was married to Henry's sister Margaret Tudor. You would think they'd be friends..... but no.....Henry was infuriated by the repeated raids over the border to steal cattle and sheep, and anything else the Scottish outlaws could get their hands on.
So in 1513 the battle took place at Flodden, some 56 miles from Edinburgh Castle, just over the border into England. The Scots were severely defeated.
King James himself died on the battlefield and was the last monarch from Great Britain to die in battle. The King died with arrows that had pierced his armour; he was surrounded by the corpses of the Archer’s Guard, recruited from the Forest of Ettrick, and known as the ‘Floo’rs o’ the Forest’. It was at this battle that the men of Hawick, who fought bravely at the battle, yelled out their warcry 'Teribus ye teri odin'.
The new King James V of Scotland was only 17 months old.
Almost every noble Scottish family lost men in the battle, which is remembered in the ballad Floor’s o’ the Forest.
So, fearing an invasion by the English, the Flodden Wall was built to protect the city; however it was never needed after all. Floo'rs O' The Forest at the Memorial Service for HM Queen Elizabeth II
The wall enclosed an area of about 140 acres, with around 10,000 citizens living inside the wall. There was no need for a wall to the north of the castle, as this was already protected by the stinking Nor’Loch. There was also no need for a wall to the west of the castle, as the castle rock itself was sufficient protection; walls for defence were really only needed to the east and south of the castle. There were 6 ports (gates) in and out of the city through the walls. Although the English invasion never happened, the wall was useful in keeping out smugglers and the like. The mighty Mons Meg cannon at the castle could fire upon raiders outside the wall. It fell into ruins from the 18th century and only parts of it can still be seen.