Pwll Fanogl Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/26/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Set on the Anglesey Coastal Pathway (ACP), just up from the shoreline. You might have problems at a very high tide,
because you have to walk along the beach on this section.
Coordinates will take you to a point where there are very large rocks on the beach, then you have to go up the bank to hunt.

You can get access to the shoreline with your car from the A4080 (see waypoint for turning) to parking at N53 12.860 W004 12.176, we saw fishermen and families (jet skiing) at this point.
Recommended parking is at St Mary's church (see waypoint), which gives you a nice stroll along the ACP passed Nelson's statue to the cache, with good views of the bridge.
There is permissable access only on one section - no access after dusk or 21.00hrs and no earlier than dawn or 7.00am.

Follow the path through the cemetery towards the Menai Strait to see Nelson's Monument which was built by Lord Admiral Clarence Paget of Plas Llanfair (Indefatigable School) as a tribute to the Navy and unveiled in 1873.

From here one can look to the right for views of Pwll Fanogl and Plas Newydd. During the 19th century Pwll Fanogl was a hive of activity through which much produce and livestock was imported and exported. Vessels of all sizes were regularly loaded and unloaded and it is recorded that at least two wooden ships were built there, with a third being completed in the village. Barley was carried to Pwll Fanogl to be milled and shipped out and margarine was produced at the creamery.

Much of the success of Pwll Fanogl as a trading centre is attributable to Colonel Cotton, an astute businessman, whose main activities were to establish Pwll Fanogl as a re-distribution centre for local produce. For example, rushes were brought in from Newborough for export to the mainland to be made into rush mats. A Co-Operative Society was also established here. For many years youths aged between 16 and 18 were employed in a factory producing writing slates for schools. The slates were imported from Felinheli to be framed and finished before being returned for distribution across North Wales.
The success of Pwll Fanogl declined following the death of Colonel Cotton in the 1920s.

Congratulation's to BESS'S FRIEND'S who was 1st to find this Geocache on the 15/9/07.

Nearby caches - The Marquess Column cache ,
LLanfairPG VV , Nelson's Statue (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jnyx hc vagb gur gerr-yvar, pnpur oruvaq n orrpu gerr (V guvax) ba gur evtug, haqre n fznyy cvyr bs fgvpxf.

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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