Ancient Almond Moorings Traditional Cache

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Lorgadh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Karen
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Hidden : 1/26/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:



Cramond is a village built on the east side of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth forming a natural harbour, now a suburb of Edinburgh. Excavations have revealed a Roman past and it is reported to be one of the oldest human sites in Scotland.

Cramond developed slowly over the centuries, with Cramond Kirk being founded in 1656. After a brief period spent as an industrial village in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. After that it emerged as a desirable suburb of Edinburgh which it remains to this day.

Cramond was originally known as 'Caer Amon' i.e. the fort on the River Almond. You may recognise Caer as a regular prefix in Welsh place names, eg Caernarvon, so why does it appear in Scotland?

Well, at the time when the Romans built the fort on the River Almond (AD142), English, Welsh and Scots did not exist. They were all British and spoke a language akin to Welsh. The local people called themselves the Gododdin and the Romans called them the Votadini. In the course of the next century the Romans departed but there were many more invasions to come.

In AD638 the Angles (from north-west Germany) captured the fortress which the British called Din Eidyn; they renamed it Edinburgh. It is to them that we owe the word Kirk for the Church.

The cache is close to the path that forms the west most path of Cramond and you should be able to see a number of old moorings off the river Almond as you walk up stream. Over the years silt and mud have been deposited and that is why the moorings are now not in use.

This cache was one of 4 that were initially set for the Scottish Geocachers Days Out in January 2006. Expect your GPSr to be all over the place for this one so you may need to use the hint!

Since first placing the cache in Jan 2006 its been muggled twice so in Nov 2007 I changed the cache container to a magnetic nano (so you will need a pencil) and moved it a few meters away from the original position.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1) Arne gur pbeare 2) ybj qbja

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)


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