Repent, repent

The countryside surrounding the Scottish/Anglo border is littered with legacies of those violent centuries when land and property ownership was hotly disputed by Border Reiving families. Standing on Trailtrow Hill, the Repentance Tower formed a watchtower for nearby Hoddom Castle. The tower is known as such because Sir John Maxwell, who had made allegiances to the English, was bribed to support the Scots in exchange for the hand of Agnes Herries and the title, “Lord Herries”. But as his actions cost the lives of several of his loyal supporters, Maxwell allegedly built the tower as a sign of his remorse

Reivers Riddle

I had so much fun solving the Werewolf and Whitespace puzzles that I've decided to set one up of my own. Living in Carlisle I'd like to capture the history of the notorious Border Reivers and locate the final geocache in a place that has historical associations with them. That shouldn't be too difficult to find as the area is littered with buildings and place names that give clues to the region's turbulent past. Fortified farmhouses, earth works and the division of land into Marches that are still ceremoniously recognised today are all worthy legacies of earlier centuries of lawlessness