Circa ---- Willaston Multi-cache

Circa ---- Willaston

The co-ordinates at the top of the page are for the location of the first stage of this cache and not the cache site. You can, however, do the stages in any order to suit yourself. Enjoy your walk around Willaston!

Dating a building by inscription is a long tradition, although not many of the actual architects get to have their names adorning the structure.

The trouble with inscriptions, useful though they are, is that you cannot be sure that they are right (many have been added by later owners) or that they date more than a particular feature or phase of development. The datestone has to be treated with the same critical eye as the rest of the building.

This cache is designed to let you stroll around Willaston and hopefully find some dated buildings along the way. Willaston is an attractive village situated in the heart of the Wirral countryside, midway between Ellesmere Port and Neston. The village has been an important agricultural settlement for over a thousand years. This history shows in the buildings around the village green. The village has a good range of shops and facilities. The final cache is a small clip lock box situated along one of the many footpaths, which surround the village. To find the co-ordinates of this final location you will need to note down some dates and substitute them into the formula below. Make sure however, that you are at the correct location, have the correct date and enter the information with care.

Please note all the dates can be seen from the pavement.

The final cache can be found at: -

N 53° AB.CDE

W 003° FG.HJK

· The digit represented by the letter A can be found at N 53° 17.543 W 003° 00.432 3rd digit of that year.

A = _______

· The digit represented by the letter B can be found at N 53° 17.397 W 003° 00.381 4th digit of that year.

B = _______

· The digit represented by the letter C can be found at N 53° 17.460 W 003° 00.391 3rd digit of that year.

C= _______

· The digit represented by the letter D can be found at N 53° 17.357 W 003° 00.379 4th digit of that year.

D = ______

· The digit represented by the letter E can be found at N 53° 17.524 W 003° 00.455 4th digit of that year.

E = ______

· The digit represented by the letter F can be found at N 53° 17.503 W 003° 00.392 Take the 2nd digit from the 3rd digit of that year.

F = ______

· The digit represented by the letter G can be found at N 53° 17.546 W 003° 00.374 Take the 3rd digit from the 4th digit of that year.

G = ______

· The digit represented by the letter H can be found at N 53° 17.546 W 003° 00.374 2nd digit of that year.

H = ______

· The digit represented by the letter J can be found at N 53° 17.515 W 003° 00.400 4th digit of that year.

J = ______

· The digit represented by the letter K can be found at N 53° 17.524 W 003° 00.455 3rd digit of that year.

K = ______

If you have not already done so, why not try some other Circa ---- caches.

Do you know an area that would be a possible contender for a Circa ? Please go on and create one of your own so that others can share in your interesting location.