The 18 Arches Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Cuilcagh: The cache owner is not responding to issues with this geocache, so I must regretfully archive it.

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Cuilcagh - Community Volunteer Reviewer for Geocaching HQ (Ireland)

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Hidden : 3/14/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is placed at the 18 arches -and is accessed by a pathway that runs directly under the arches. There are two ways onto this pathway, from the Millvale Road or from Craigmore. You need to leave the path and climb two steep and sometimes slippy banks to reach the cache. The Cache contains log book and pencil and swappables for the goekids.

This 18 arch viaduct, close to Bessbrook outside Newry, sweeps across the valley of the Camlough River and carries the Belfast to Dublin railway line.

The bridge was designed by John Benjamin MacNeill, an eminent Irish civil engineer, with construction beginning in 1849 and the viaduct formally opening in 1852.

The highest of the arches is 126ft, making Craigmore the highest viaduct in Ireland. It is around a quarter of a mile long and is a prominent feature in the south Armagh landscape, visible for instance, from much of the surrounding upland.

Local legend is that one construction worker died for each arch on the project.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pyvzo gur onaxf gb ernpu gur nepu. Ybbx hc sbe cbjre cbvag, qbja naq evtug sbe pnpur.Arrq gb erzbir n ebpx.

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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