Eaton Socon Lock- up Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/24/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

High muggle area at times so stealth required. WARNING -if you do this in the dark you will trigger the security lights! The cache is in sight of the Lock-up. There is another cache by Telemachus which uses this location to obtain information for cache GC1PM2V (Eaton Socon Cage)

The Eaton Socon Lock up (also known as the cage) was built in 1826,restored in 1963 and is now in the care of the Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Naturalists Trust.
Village lock ups are historic buildings that were used in rural areas for the temporary detention of people. They were often used for the confinement of drunks who were usually released the next day or to hold people being brought before the local magistrate.

The majority of surviving lock-ups date from the 18th and 19th centuries when rural communities struggled to police thefts, burglaries, shootings, drunkenness, the obstruction of watchmen and the stealing of livestock. So nothing has changed then!

The village lock- up fell out of use when the County Police Act was introduced in 1839 and local police stations were built with their own holding facilities. During World War 11 many lock-ups were used by the Home Guard as sentry posts or places for storing arms. There are lock ups all over the country but in Cambridgeshire they are to be found in Broughton, Fenstanton, Needingworth as well as Eaton Socon.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Xrrc pbby.

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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