Percy's Leap Traditional Cache
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SORRY BUT THE CACHE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A MICRO.
NOT TOO KEEN ON THEM MYSELF BUT IT'S BEEN MUGGLED TWICE NOW, SO NEEDS MUST ETC ETC.(Remenber to bring a pencil)
There’s been a cache at this site before, “Hedgeley Moor (Northumberland)” GC4FBO but it was archived in September 2004 as there were a lot of DNFs and no contact could be made with the owner. I’ve been past here lots of times and always felt it deserved a cache, as it’s a nice spot and full of Northumbrian hi
The border war between England and Scotland was one of the longest running border conflicts the world has ever known. Many of the battles were fought throughout Britain in places far away from the actual border but, not surprisingly, a good number were actually fought in Northumberland.
On 25 April 1464, a rebel Lancastrian Army led by Duke of Somerset, with Sir Ralph Percy and Lords Roos, Hungerford, and Grey, amongst their numbers, were on their way to escort ambassadors from Scotland. John Neville, 1st Marquis of Montagu was marching north to attend a meeting with these Scottish envoys at Newcastle. His popularity meant that supporters flocked to his banner throughout the journey and by the time he left Newcastle, he was in charge of an army numbering five or six thousand men.
At Hedgeley Moor he met the rebel force and battle began with the normal exchange of archer fire between the two armies. Montagu then advanced across the 1,500 yards of moorland, only to be forced to halt and readjust his lines when the Lancastrian left flank, under Lords Roos and Hungerford, (some 2,000 men) faltered, broke and scattered. The whole Lancastrian force gave way when the Yorkists clashed with their line. Pushed back by weight of numbers, all but a few of the remaining Lancastrians fled the field.
Sir Ralph Percy stayed with his household retainers and made a brave last stand, but deserted by the rest of the army, including all the other commanders, he was soon slain. Two stones, 30 foot apart, mark Percy's Leap, the distance reputedly covered by Percy's horse as his rider died.
The co-ords aren’t spot on, as it was difficult to get a good reading but it shouldn’t be too hard to find.
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Arrq zber vasb?