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N 51° 38.693' W 02° 40.440' (WGS84)
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Location: United Kingdom > East Wales
Cache type: Traditional Cache
Size: Small
Status: Ready for search
Time: 0:10 h 
Distance to travel: b.d.
Date hidden: 16 January 2010
Date created: 16 January 2010
Last modified: 17 January 2010
Waypoint: OK00BA
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It's about time Wales had its first OpenCache and this is it!
Chepstow castle is generally accepted to be the earliest stone-built castle still surviving in Britain. The Great Hall was started in 1067, the year after William the conqueror was crowned King of England. The castle building was planned by William FitzOsbern, the king's steward and master builder, who wielded power along the southern Welsh Marches.
The castle is owned by CADW and is well worth visiting at any time of the year. There is plenty of further information about its history, opening times and charges to be found on-line.
If you park in the lower car park, near the main castle entrance, you'll be a two minute stroll from the cache location. It's a 6" x 3" x 2" click-lock box with the usual few trinkets, logbook and pencil.
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29 March 2010 caracariad Found it
03 March 2010 sniffadogz Found it
Quick find on the way to see the Severn Bore.
TFTC.
20 February 2010 Spannerman Found it
I haven't been to Chepstow castle for many years and wouldn't have visited today had it not been for this opencache. We had some trouble finding it because the signal was jumping about for some reason and also the path was quite busy so we had to wait around a few times. Got it eventually though and then went and had a walk round.
T4TC.
23 January 2010 SidAndBob Found it
It's great to see an OpenCache in these parts at last. What a great cache logging page too.
We parked at the sports centre and made this our first cache on a day spent walking in the area. Chepstow Castle is a great place which we have naturally visited many times before. We even went to an open air play within it's walls once. I am surprised that they've let so much ivy and shubbery take root in the walls though.
At the end of our walk we were passing The Alcove in Piercefield Park. It is well on it's way to being fully restored. The trees have been cleared leaving a view to the castle that I have never seen before.
Many thanks for placing this cache. We may get round to placing one or two of our own one day.
Pete and Bob.
