Maud Heath’s Column Traditional Geocache
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Just a short walk from the posted parking coordinates. Just a short walk through a field, but you will need to do a little clambering to get to the cache.
Maud Heath, who traded at Chippenham, market provided funds in 1474 to build and maintain a causeway from Wick Hill, near Bremhill, to Chippenham. A distance of 4.5 miles (7km), it passes through the Avon valley which frequently flooded her home parish of Langley Burrell and those of Kellaways and Tytherton. For the majority of its distance it is at road level, but at Kellaways it rises about 6 feet (1.8 meters) above the road, supported by 60 arches. Where the raised causeway crosses the River Avon, an inscribed sundial with ball finial marks the way to Chippenham Clift and Wick Hill. At the top of Wick Hill stands Maud Heath's monument. Her statue with basket and staff sits atop the pillar looking over the Avon Valley and her causeway. The inscription on the stone was translated in 1827 from the original Latin by William Lisle Bowles, the parson poet of Bremhill. He, with the Marquis of Landsdowne, paid for the erection of the monument in 1838. This is a regular sized plastic container inside a camouflaged bag. Please be careful, as there is some barb-wire near GZ. After signing, please place securely back in the original location and cover as found. Thanks. FTF Congratulations: josephgeorge on 12th July 2009
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Ng gur onfr bs n ynetr gerr, oruvaq, haqre srapr, qbja fybcr.