800 BC Traditional Cache
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Iron Age Settlement at Chester's Cottage
Defended settlement north-west of Chester Cottage (Denwick)
OK, this may not have been built in exactly 800BC but we like numbers in our cache names! The Iron Age was from 800BC to 43AD and this settlement was most likely a farmstead rather than a fort.
An Iron Age defended settlement stands on the top of a small promontory. It is roughly circular in plan measuring 58m by 55m across. Around the settlement are two ramparts, or banks, of earth and stone and two ditches.
The cache is not on the monument but on Open Access Land near the ramparts. There are great views (on a clear day!) over to Brizlee and Alnwick Moor. There are often cows in the field but don't worry they scamper away when you get to within 10ft of them!
The Iron Age period from about 500BC to the Roman Conquest of AD43 was a time of great social and economic change in Britain. As more and more settlements were established across the country, the population grew dramatically. Settlers came from other parts of Europe, bringing with them new goods, new customs and new techniques in farming and manufacturing. It was during this period the potter’s wheel was introduced, as well as a new metal called iron. This period of history became known as the Iron Age.
Originating in western Asia, iron was cheaper and more plentiful than bronze. The ores required were more common, its manufacture a simpler process. Industries flourished and prosperity increased, and with that came an increase in trade with other countries.
As the population grew, people began to divide into separate communities and tribes. The Iron Age saw a huge increase in the number of hillforts built to protect settlements from invasion.
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(Decrypt)
Guvf ernyyl vf rnfl - va n fghzc
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