Overland Conveyor Traditional Cache
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The cache is located at Darwell Reservoir between Brightling and Mountfield in East Sussex. The cache itself is a 1.6ltr food container measuring 17cmx17cmx10cm and contains a few swapsies, log book, pen/pencil and FTF certificate.
In the 17th Century the area around Mountfield was believed to have large seams of coal deposits. A bore hole was sunk, the engineers found no coal, but they did discover large deposits of gypsum (Calcium Sulphate). This material is used to manufacture plaster, plaster of paris, plasterboard and cement.
A mine was set up in the woods and the underground workings spread for a wide area under the Sussex landscape. Since then, a large manufacturing plant has been set up and is hidden in the woodland surrounding the area with goods being shipped out by railway.
The only view of the factory is a plume of steam which climbs up from the works and is visible from surrounding hills. A 5 mile long conveyor belt, looking similar to a centipede, crawls across the landscape from Mountfield to Brightling where there is a second mine.
Parking can be found at two locations:
N50 57.864
E000 25.536 or
N50 57.021
E000 24.736
For safety and security reasons the cache is placed near, but not next to, the Overland Conveyor.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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