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Chirk Castle Estate Explorers
There’s so much more to see at Chirk beyond the castle walls.
Use this guide to become an Estate Explorer!
This map will help you find your way around.
Map Key:
- Kitchen garden (activities on page 2 and 3)
- Grass slope in front of the castle (activity on page 4)
to - Discovery trail (page 6 and 7)
Kitchen Garden Feeding the castle
What was a kitchen garden for?
All the food eaten at the castle had to come from near by. Animals
such as sheep and pigs would be kept for meat. Cows provided
dairy products and chickens provided eggs.
All the vegetables and fruit would be grown nearby in a kitchen
garden like this one.
The Lords and nobles ate well. Most meals contained meat and a
variety of vegetables.
The servants and peasants had a much simpler diet. bread, porridge
and pottage( vegetable stew) washed down by beer. Meat was only
eaten on special occasions such as Christmas.
Vegetables were not thought to be healthy in the Middle Ages. The
root vegetables were considered only fit for the common folk and
were not eaten by the wealthy.
Can you find the
ingredients for pottage?
Onion
Parsnips
Leeks
Cabbage
Herbs—parsley,
rosemary and thyme
Carrots
Turnips
Do you recognise any of the
vegetables or fruit growing
in the garden?
Draw them on the plate
Number
on the map
Rosemary
Blue-purple flowers and
long narrow leaves, dark
green on top and silver
underneath
Sage
Aromatic silver-grey
leaves about 8cm long
and 1.2cm wide
Chives
Long thin hollow leaves
with clumps of mauve
flowers
Basil
Bright green foliage
with spicy clove-like
aroma
Balm (lemon balm)
Strong lemon scent with
crinkly leaves, shaped
like mint leaves
Was used to cure diseases
of the brain, heart, lungs,
kidneys and bladder
Dried leaves were used to
cure headaches and colds
Can be made into a tea
which is used to bring
down high temperatures
Also used as a tonic for the
stomach and to help
digestion.
Used for: coughs,
breathing problems.
Used for: sprains, fractures,
paralysis, skin problems.
Used for:
almost anything! Especially
preventing the plague,
chest problems, dressing
wounds, eye problems,
and as a painkiller.
Can you find these
herbs in the kitchen
garden or the formal
garden?
Match the description
of the herb to it’s
picture
Herbs
Name Pulse at start
of the attack
Pulse at end of
attack
Time of 1st
attack
Time of 2nd
attack
Foot soldiers must be fit to stage an attack on the castle. Start at the bottom of the grassy
slope in front of the castle.
1. Take your pulse
2. Run up to the top of the hill whilst your partner times you
3. Take your pulse at the top of the hill.
4. Record your results in the table below
How to check your pulse
Gently place 2 fingers of your other hand on
the artery in your wrist or neck.
Do not use your thumb, because it has its
own pulse that you may feel.
Count the beats for 30 seconds, and then
double the result to get the number of
beats per minute
Attacking the castle Number
on the map
Go into the woodland and find a tree
Do a bark rubbing
of your tree onto
the trunk
Collect leaves to
decorate your tree
How many hugs does it take to go round the trunk of your tree?
Match the creatures
to the part of the
tree they live in
Measure the age of your tree
All you have to do is measure 1.5m up the tree and then measure the circumference. Divide the
circumference by Pi (3.141) and the final number is the age of the tree
Measure the height of your tree
Start to walk away from the tree, every few steps take a look back through your legs. Stop when the
entire tree is within your view. Measure the distance from your feet back to the base of the tree…the
distance is the height of the tree!
How old is your tree?
How tall is your tree?
Trees
Can you spot the octagonal
dovecote is on your right? It was
built in the 18th century.
What do you think lived here?
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Discovery trail Use the map on the front cover to find
your way around the estate
Numbers on the map to
Start
Take the path to heading off right into the trees, walk down the path
and through the gate into the field beyond
Go back to the main path, walk up the hill
towards the castle and then take the path
on your right with the sign that says
woodland walk
Find the bird hide and take a few minutes to stop and see if you can see any birds.
Try and be as quiet as possible so you don’t scare them away.
Write the types of birds that you saw here:
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Can you spot the remains of Offa’s Dyke? It was a massive defensive
earthwork that was constructed around 785 by King Offa of Mercia
separating what are now England and Wales. Originally it measured 8m
from the bottom of the ditch to the top of the bank.
What do you think Offa’s Dyke was for?
_______________________________________________________________________________
Offa’s Dyke
Start at Home Farm
This plinth used to support Hercules,
one of a pair of statues made in the
1720s to stand at the main gates. He was
moved Into the woods 50 years later and
in 1987 he was moved by helicopter to
the Lime Avenue in the gardens.
The other statue, Mars has never been
found. What do you think he might have
looked like? Draw him standing on his
plinth.
Once you get out from under the cover of the trees, keep your eyes
peeled for buzzards. They are the most common British bird of prey but
150 years ago they were very rare.
You might see them soaring overhead. What do you think they might be
looking for?__________________________________________________
Can you spot the ancient sweet chestnut? These trees were
introduced to Britain 2000 years ago by the romans who used
the nuts to make porridge! This tree probably dates from the
time of Henry VIII. If the tree was planted in 1530, how old is it?
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Make your way down the path to the far end of the woodland to
point number 6 on the map
Continue round the path into Deershed wood to point number
7 on the map
You have reached the furthest point on the map!
Either continue on the path to do a circular walk
or turn and walk back the way you came…. End
Goldfinch Chaffinch Blue t Robin
Pied wagtail Blackbird Starling Buzzard
Magpie
Chirk Castle
Spotter Sheet
Squirrel White Park Ca le Rabbit
Pheasant
Welsh Black Mountain
Sheep Wild Ponies (Stormy and Sandy)
Be careful
as the wild
ponies may
bite!