Fort Micro #11 ( Fort Pitt ) Traditional Cache
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Fort Micro #11 ( Fort Pitt )
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7/12/2008
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Fort Micro's #11
Fort Pitt
A series of caches placed at the location or approximate location
of the Victorian forts known as the Palmerston follies,
These include the Medway forts, (some of which are in private hands
and some of which are no longer in existence), as time goes on then
other forts etc may be added which are not 'Palmerston Follies' but
no harm done, except for you purist out there.
The location is generally of the main gate or what use to be the
main gate as near as I can judge, however some times it is not
possible to get to the gate so it will be somewhere adjacent, some
of them will take a bit of ingenuity.
Permission where possible has been sought.
If any body would like to expand this series please do, I would
just ask that you could let henly know first so he can keep track
of the Fort numbers and names to avoid duplication.
Fort Pitt was a fort built between 1805 and 1819 on the high
ground of the boundary between Chatham and Rochester, Kent. It did
not last long, becoming a hospital for invalid soldiers in 1828,
with an asylum added in 1849. Florence Nightingale started the
first Army Medical School there in 1860, but by the 1920s the
hospital was closed and the site converted into a girls school, now
known as Fort Pitt Grammar School. Most of the outer defences of
the fort survive including parts of the outer works which extend
into the adjacent recreation grounds to the east and west. Some of
the internal buildings date to the period of use as a hospital and
possibly earlier, maybe even preceding the defensive works. From
the hill it is possible to see Fort Clarence tower to the west, and
the remains of Fort Amherst to the north east. A ditch, wall and
(reputedly) tunnels linked the three into a single fortified
Napoleonic defensive line, defending the naval docks against a
(land-based) attack from the south. Fort Pitt is also the location
of the fictional duel between Mr. Tracy Tupman and Dr. Slammer in
the Charles Dickens novel The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick
Club.
This location is the Military Cemetery, I believe the dead from
Fort Pitt hospital were buried here and more recent war casualties
are located here, the actual gate to the fort was located roughly
where the girls school entrance is now In Fort Pitt Hill,
unfortunately there is already a cache there so this is a worthy
second, please pause a moment and reflect where we would be if it
were not for these brave men.
Please be careful when replacing and do not push it to far into
the hole. good luck and have fun :).
Theres plenty to enjoy in Chatham and Rochester so why not make a
day of it, And do some of the other caches in the area.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vgf n anab, lbhe svatref jvyy or bs zber hfr guna lbhe rlrf urer.
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