Malkin Tower Multi-Cache
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The cache is not located at the above co-ord,s it is the final cache of a three part multi but all are cache,s in there own right to get the co-ord,s you must do two other cache,s centred around pendle witch country. The two caches are Alice Nutter GCZRG6 and Ordeal By Swimming GCZQZW.
The cache is a lock lid container containing log book pencil and various bits and bobs and at time of laying various bugs and coins feel free to swap as you please.
The cache is located as near to the original site of Malkin tower as i can find out.The tower is on private land and is not accessable but the cache is as near to it as i can get.
The Witches of Malkin Tower
The family at the centre of the witchcraft allegations: Alizon Device, James Device, Elizabeth Device and Demdike lived at a place called Malkin Tower. Demdike, who was in here eighties, was the head of the family and was rumored locally to be a very powerful witch.
An important meeting took place at Malkin Tower on Good Friday in 1612. The meeting, believed to have been a witches sabbat, was described to the authorities by James Device. Many of those who attended where later hanged.
James Device describes strange occurances around Malkin Tower
The sayd examinate james device sayth, that about a month agoe, as this examinate was comming towards his mother house, and at day-gate of the same night, this examinate mette a browne dogge comming from his graund-mothers house, about tenne roodes distant from the same house: and about two or three nights after, that this examinate heard a voyce of a great number of children screiking and crying pittifully, about day-light gate; and likewise, about ten roodes distant of this examinates sayd graund-mothers house. And about five nights then next following, presently after daylight, within 20 roodes of the sayd elitabeth southerns house, he heard a foule yelling like unto a great number of cattes: but what they were, this examinate cannot tell. And he further sayth, that about three nights after that about midnight of the same, there came a thing, and lay upon him very heavily about an houre, and went then from him out of his chamber window, coloured; blacke, and about the bignesse of a hare or catte.
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