We Are All Dead In Here Multi-Cache
leemc80: Seems this has gone and I'm just not active enough at the moment to replace.
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The cache is not at the above coordinates. To find this you will need to work out the answers to the questions below. This is a very simple multi-cache that shold not require more than half an hour to complete.
" The Lord Loveth The Gates Of Zion"
Carriden Parish dates back to the early 1200s. The first church was built in 1243 and some of its ruins can still be seen near Carriden House. The current church is the third for this parish and the largest. According to Historic Scotland, the current church, was completed in 1909 when the one next it was deemed to small for the congregation, leaving it to fall into its current condition with no roof or glazing. This building, built in 1776, now forms part of the graveyard with many graves now inside the church, hence the cache title. Despite the condition of this building, I think it is the best looking. There is something about an old church that holds you and pulls you in, something truly enchanting. This is no exception, with its graveyard being a home to a Dr and a knighted Sir, and is the one you will be required to walk around for this cache.
Within the graveyard you will find the grave and memorium of Dr John Roebuck, No Ordinary Man. A true "polymath" (a person of wide learning) Dr John Roebuck is sometimes viewed as the founder of the heavy chemical industry, taking as he did the process of sulphuric acid making from small scale laboratory glassware to vast lead chambers and commercial viability. He was also a co-founder and driving force behind the famous Carron Ironworks, the first large scale integrated factory in Europe.
His grave is now a memorium to him and has a plaque all about his life. His headstone is all in Latin and Greek, however there is a full translation on this plaque.
Now on with the cache. To find this cache you will need to find the answers to the questions below. I haven't given waypoints for the clues as I want everyone to have to walk around this amazing graveyard. All answers can be found in and around the old church not the new one or the new cemetery. This cache shoud be okay for wheelchair users, however there are lumps and bumps over graveyard and a small slope to final location but is on a good dirt path
The cache is at:
N56 ab.cde W003 fg.hij
a. Colonel James Gardiner born at Burnfoot Jan 1a 1687
b. "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart". Inside the church you will find the grave of Donald Somerled MacDonald who died 24th May 1958 but which was he born? 190b
c. Revd John Bell, minister of this parish for 20 years, died in which year of his life? c0th
d. Inside church. James Cuthell, muscician and benefactor of the community died 15th April 1d82
e. On Latin tombstone inside the church alcove (on the outside of church), what is the initial of Maxwell's first name where a=1, b=2, c=3 etc?
f. Agnes Cochrane, wife of Henry Stark, died 18th March 1876 aged f9 years
g. On memory pillar on wee roundabout at rear of church, subtract Robert Hamilton's year of death from Agnes'. Answer = g
h. Janet Helen Learmouth died 23rd Oct 1986 aged 9h
i. "O Lord Of Hosts blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee". Sir James Hope GCB, admiral of the fleet, died i of June 1881
j. In which year did Dr John Roebuck begin operating the Bo'ness Pottery? 17j7
I hope you enjoy this place as much as I did
*****Congratulations to Green Bogie on being First To Find*****
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Haqre fgbarf ng onfr bs fznyy vil jnyy
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