Lime Kiln Traditional Cache

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Knagur Green: Due to no response from the CO after the request to maintain or replace the cache, I am archiving it to, stop it showing on the listings and/or to create place for the geocaching community.

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Hidden : 2/16/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This kiln and the one situated at S 33 20.175 E 18 12.645 are the only two remaining in South Africa and were declared national monuments in 1980, with each bearing a bronze plaque signifying this fact. The kilns are stacked with mussel shells and wood. The lime kilns lie on the farms De la Rey and Jacobskraal (but are easily accessible from the road).
A fire would be kindled in the lower compartment of the kiln, while the shells would be placed on branches resting on the grid. Air would be forced through the oven by billows. Quicklime would be collected from the pit below the kiln. The quicklime was used to white wash the walls of houses or as a cement between bricks.
These lime kilns were built in the 1940s by Mr B Killa, a Milnerton building material merchant, and made use of the large amounts of black mussel shells washing up on Yzerfontein's beach.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Tb znxr n sver vafvqr gur xvya haqre genpx gjb

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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