Church Micro #837 - St James' Aldergrove Multi-Cache
Hidden : 8/19/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The following extract is from
"Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland - Parishes of County Antrim XIII 1833 - 1838".


Catholic Chapel and Clergy

In the townland of Ballyquillan stands the Roman Catholic Chapel, which was built in 1815 and cost 300 pounds, by subscription. The following persons gave towards its erection: General Pakenham gave 5 pounds; Revd William George Macartney, Crumlin Mills, 10 pounds; Revd James McMullen, parish priest, 20 pounds; Mr Eneas Kerr, a hearer, deceased, 20 pounds; Mr John McDonell, a bearer, 5 pounds.

The chapel, which stands on the site of the old one, is in good repair and would accommodate about 500 persons. There are 24 single pews, each 6 by 2 and a half feet, and placed round the walls of the chapel only, no gallery.

The only tombstone is inside the chapel, to the memory of Eneas Kerr, date 1834, aged 67 years. Graveyard contains 1 rood, granted by Rodger Moore Esquire of Clover Hill. Floor is of earth, roof slated and on each gable is a stone cross at south, north and east end.

The Cache
The coordinates above are not the coordinates of the cache. To find the cache, you need to find two old headstones in the churchyard, and use the dates to calculate the final location of the cache.

The coordinates above take you to the headstone of Ann Barr; find the year she died and call this ABCD

Then go to N54 38.691 W6 14.536 and find the headstone for Elizabeth Kelly ; find the year she died and call that EFGH

The cache is located at:

N54 (A+E+H)B.CDD W006 E(B/2).(F/2)(C-E)(C-E)


The cache is a medium sized tab lock box, with magnets inside which allow it to be attached to a metal structure.

If anyone would like to expand on this series please do, but first please contact sadexploration so that he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbybhef sebz Onggyr bs Trgglfohet - Pbasrqrengr Fvqr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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