Mynydd y Gaer Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 7/10/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is the first cache that we have hidden. It consists of a micro which contains the coordinates for the main cache. The walk is picturesque and takes in a hill fort and a reservoir. The route is along country lanes, tracks and paths and is best undertaken as a circular walk of about 3 km. There are some uphill sections and a couple of kissing gates so it is unsuitable for pushchairs.

The main cache is a small tupperware container which contains the log book and the usual bits and bobs.

Suggested parking is at N 53°13.659 W 003°32.325. It is worth taking a map to help you keep to the footpaths.

Mynydd y Gaer is an Iron-Age hill fort, which is about 3000 years old. The ancient earthwork ramparts around its outer edge are well preserved, although today they’re covered in gorse. At the top of the hill there’s a cairn from which there are great views.

To the north you can see the River Elwy, twisting and turning through wooded hills on its journey to the sea at Rhyl. To the east are the Clwydian Hills and to the west are the distinctive peaks of Snowdonia.

The village of Llanefydd to the south was named after the 5th Century Celtic saint, Nefydd, who established her church near to the place where the present 13th Century church now stands. Llanefydd used to be on the main route to Holyhead before the engineer Thomas Telford built the A5 trunk road in the 1820s, with the Hawk and Buckle Inn being a stop-off for the stagecoaches.

At the foot of the hill on the south west side is Plas Uchaf Reservoir which was completed in 1870. The Reservoir capacity is 226 Megalitres, and the surface area of the lake is about 3.5 hectares. The direct catchment area of the lake is 1.38 sq. km and water is also regularly pumped into the reservoir from the River Aled. The height of the dam above the lowest natural ground level is about 15.3metres. The spillway is located on the right of the dam and water from the reservoir discharges through a culvert to enter the original watercourse a short distance downstream. The hexagonal concrete shaft which is located in the centre of the spillway carries the supply main for the water which is abstracted from the reservoir. Further down the valley the delivery mains connect up to a single pipe which goes to the Water Treatment Works at Glascoed. Water from the reservoir to the Water Treatment Works is gravity fed. After treatment at the Water Treatment Works, the water then enters the distribution system serving the the Rhyl, Dyserth, Abergele and Prestatyn areas.

Nearby are Bont y Ddol GC1604P & See it all, wall to wall GCJ1D9

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Micro] Oruvaq n ebpx va gur fvqr bs n ubyybj [Main cache] Nf sbe gur zvpeb

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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