SOUL SEARCHING NO1 - MURDER STONE, MARY KAVANAGH Mystery Cache
SOUL SEARCHING NO1 - MURDER STONE, MARY KAVANAGH
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The cache is not to be found at the above co ordinates, these are for Mary's gravestone. You will need to find the nearby Janes gravestone for the information. This is in the picture behind Mary's
This is the sad tale of Mary Kavanagh, 75, from Penmaen, who was brutally murdered in her garden in Oct 1829.
The motive was burglary for her house was found ransacked and 2 watches that used to hang on her mantlepiece were missing but her life savings, hidden in a locked oak chest, of approx £120 were not found. On a small round table there was found an open testament and a pair of spectacles, showing Mary to be a pious widow.
The Cambrian newspaper reported the way the body was found in a gruesome way. More of which can be found in Geoff Brookes' book "Stories in Welsh Stone"
The gravestone erected in Penrice as much as a year later, although very worn, bears the inscription
To the memory of Mary, wife
of James Kavanagh of Penmaen
who was murdered
The gravestone can be found to the left of the porch as you approach the church, in the centre of the photo if you use it. the cache is to be found not far away but not in the churchyard.
We have provided a spoiler photo of the cache site as summer tree cover might become a problem
The cache is at N 51.34.ABC W.OO4.10.DEF
A = last 2 numbers of the year of Alfred's birth added together
B = 1st number in year of Mary's death
C = last number of Ethel's death
D = last number of Ethel's birth
E = last number of Jennie's birth
F = second number of Mary's death
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Oruvaq n fgbar arne gbc bs jnyy
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