Welcome to my Virtual Cache, placed at one of my favourite locations to visit. There are excellent views from up here, a lovely garden to wander round and even have a picnic or spot a train. It would be great to here about your experience here in your online logs. Hope you enjoy!
Bridgnorth Castle - 12th Century
The castle was founded in 1101 by Robert de Belleme, the son of the French Earl, Roger de Montgomery. In 1102 Henry l took control of the castle.
It's principal feature, a square great tower, was built during the reign of Henry ll in 1160 and the castle was extended between 1166-1174.
Bridgnorth Castle - 13th to 16th Century
Several extensions were made to the castle from 1226. In 1242 the outer Bailey which does not survive today, was legally made part of the town.
In 1321, barons rebelled against reigning King Edward ll during the despenser war and took control of the castle but by mid 14th century it lost strategic importance and was largely forgotten about.
Bridgnorth Castle - 17th to 21st Centuries
In 1642, King Charles l described Bridgnorth and its castle as 'the finest in my domain'. During the Civil War, Bridgnorth was one of the Midlands main Royalist strongholds and in 1642 many of the troops were garrisoned there.
Various changes occurred over the next couple of hundred years
Parts of the Great Tower can still be seen today but it now leans at an angle of 15 degrees.
In 1956 the castle was donated to the town council.
YOUR TASK!
To claim this virtual cache is simple really, (Task 1) please take a photo at the location of the ruins of the Great Tower, you can take a selfie if you wish or a photo of your GPS or a thumbs up. Even just a piece of paper with your geocaching name on, just to show you have visited this virtual. (Task 2) Then take a wander in the Castle grounds to the three listed waypoints and tell me what each topiary hedge is. You don't have to post task one photos on your log if you don't want to but please send with your answers to task two. Please don't post the answers in your log, please message me with the answers.
Hope you enjoy your visit!
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.