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St.Giles Living Churchyard Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 5/19/2012
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a nano cache that brings you to the church of St.Giles in the village of Stanton St.Quintin. It is accessible by wheelchair and pushchair. Please bring your own pen or pencil.


There has been a church on this site since the middle of the 12th century. Since then it has been extended on a few occasions so displays a mixture of styles including a Norman archway, Neo-Norman tower and a Victorian chancel.

On the north side of the tower a rare pagan fertility symbol (Sheela-na-Gig) can be seen. It is small and quite discrete, so can be difficult to spot.

The churchyard was closed for burials in 1899, after an extension on the other side of the road opened in 1898.

The churchyard is now part of the living churchyard project, which aims to use the land as a sacred eco-system. This allows an area where wildlife can live and wild plants can grow, without threat to their habitat. It would be nice to see any photos of interesting wildlife you see in the churchyard.

If you decide to take a stroll around the churchyard, you will see that there are fences around the box tombs. Please don't go into these areas as the box tombs could be unsafe.

You might need some tweezers to get the log out of the container to able to sign it.Many thanks to the Parish Council for allowing us to hide the cache at this location.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bcra gb vagrecergngvba

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)