St Anne's - Arboretum Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/14/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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This cache is one of a series of caches located in St. Anne's Park in north Dublin. The park, straddling the suburbs of Clontarf and Raheny, covers 305 acres, and provides a wide range of facilities, including football pitches, tennis courts, a golf course, chilren's play area, boules courts and model car track. There's even a farmer's market in the "red stables" area of the park every Saturday. The main avenue, woodland paths, arboretum, rose garden and walled garden all provide ideal locations for peaceful walks.

The lands for the park were originally acquired by the Guinness family in the 1830s. Over the next century the lands were developed into a magnificent estate before being acquired by Dublin corporation in 1930. While a portion of the estate was transformed into a moden housing estate, thankfully most was retained as a public park. For a more detailed history of the park, please read Joan Ussher Sharkey's "St Anne's - The Story of a Guinness Estate" (Woodfield Press, 2002).

Admission to the park is free. Parking can be found at Sybil Hill Road, James Larkin Road and Mount Prospect Avenue. While the park is generally a very pleasant place, it's probably best to visit the park during daylight hours and to make sure you leave no valuables on display in your car.

This cache is located near the "Millenium Arboretum". This 16 arce area, featuring over 1000 different types of tree, was established to coincide with Dublin city's "millenium" of 1988. While it's debatable as to whether the 988 capture of a village that had already existed for about 150 years really needed a millenium commemoration, the celebrations 1000 years later nonetheless brought some brief cheer to a depressed city experiencing high unemployment. The city centre got the notorious short lived "Anna Livia" statue, but St Anne's commemoration of the millenium is a far more attractive and lasting souvenier.

The approach to the cache can get a big boggy after rain, so bring waterproof shoes/boots. The cache is located in a small container, about 4cm by 4cm. Please bring your own pen / pencil to sign the log, as there is none in the cache. Please replace the cache as you found it, thanks!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe 2 zngher gerrf naq n gerr fghzc gbtrgure ng gur rqtr bs gur neoberghz. Ybj.

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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