GEO-FRANCIGENA # 7 Cassivelaunus's Last Stand Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 1/4/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Limited parking is available at N51 16.783 E 001 02.323. Cache is a small clip-lid food container. This cache is now one of a series placed beside the "Via Francigena", the Roman route between Rome and London.

The cache is sited quite close to Canterbury, just off the Roman Watling Street, or the A2 as it is known today. It is on the slope of a wooded hill, beside the North Downs Way. As you explore the footpaths in this woodland, you will discover great curved earthen banks and ditches, in concentric arcs. These are what remains of a large Iron Age Hill fort, which was occupied in pre-Roman times by the Belgic people, who came from what is now Belgium and northern France as invaders. They and their descendants settled and farmed, occupying hill top strongholds such as this. In 54 BC, this is thought to have been the scene of a battle between Julius Caesar and Cassivelaunus, leader of British resistance to Caesar's army. Despite the backing of the Cantiaci, as the local tribes were known to the Romans, Cassivelaunus had to surrender. Roman slave manacles have been unearthed here, so perhaps the spoils of battle included the taking of slaves. After you find the cache, a short walk along the footpath that branches uphill from the North Downs Way, between the cache and the suggested parking place, will quickly bring you amongst some of the huge ramparts. You can find more information, on this site about the North Downs Way or this Kent history site, or this excellent site listing more of Kent's pre-historic locations.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs gerr, Abegu fvqr bs sbbgcngu

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)


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