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Ruddalen (Fornborgen på Slottsberget) Traditional Geocache

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blaufish: In the year of 503 BC, mankind built a castle here,
which unknown to mankind was the territory of the
might dragon Mktrz.

437 BC Mktrz struck, eradicating all of mankind
and pillaged land and buildings upon this land.

From that day, mankind avoided this evil land, and
spoke of it in fear.

Until the year of 2006 AC, when a foolish
underground society of manknibd, known as
geocachers, began to frequent this land.

In 2008 AC, Mktrz struck, and again briought death
and destruction to this land. Some thought back,
but it was all in vain.

All the horrors, all the glory, will forever be
forgot. Lest we remember, we who have seen it
and lived to tell the tale.

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Hidden : 8/13/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Historic ruins of a castle, believed to have been built around 500 AC, placed on a mountain, elevation now some 60 meters.

(The cache is hidden on a path heading up to the ruins, with a nice big distance to help geocachers from not accidentially ruining the ruins)

"I Ruddalen finns försvarsanläggningar från förr och nu. Fornborgen på Slottsbergets topp byggdes omrking 500-talet e.kr. Här finns även gravfällt, stensättningar och annat".

"Om du vill veta mer, så gå naturslingorna och läs på skyltarna".

Source: pamphlet Göteborgs Stad, Park och natur.

This place offers excellent views and historic observations. From here you can see the sea, Frölunda, and lots of other stuff.

The cache is hidden some 50-60 meters from the ruins (to avoid accidental damage to the ruins) and you are strongly recommended to take the easy climb (terrain: 2) to the top of the mountain (N 57 39.586 E 011 54.399), look at the ruins and the views.

GPS coordinates are OK, manual GPS avaraging performed when I had about 10 meter accuracy. Look for a hiding place very close to a path... Then push your arm in and feel for it.

Cache orignial content:
2X Julia kylskåpsmagneter
1X Denmark Geocoin
1X Usual stuff (log book and 2 pencils)
+ Info pamphlets regarding Rudallen. NOT TRADING ITEMS! Read them here, and leave them in the cache.

As always: You are encouraged to take pictures of nice surroundings and add them to your logs / the gallery.

2006-10-07: Upgraded cache size to regular. Added more pens. Modified how the cache was hidden, as the natural concealment by a lot of moss is now all gone (cachers, please try not to damage nature, especially not cache hiding place...)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovt Ebpx. Fgvpxf yrns qveg. Orarngu n engure ovt ebpx. Fgvpxf, qveg naq yrnirf pbiref gur pnpur.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)