Butterstreet Cove Traditional Cache

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castagnari: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.
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Shaun
castagnari
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Hidden : 4/10/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple micro cache near the Fleet Lagoon (so named from the Anglo-Saxon word “Floet” meaning Tidal Inlet). Parking (see Waypoints) for two cars is available at N 50°37.242 W 002°31.087.If you have larger Geo-Wheels it may be best to park slightly further along at the New Church N 50°37.373 W 002°31.135. Please take care as there is a short walk along the road from the parking spots to where the footpath begins.

There is evidence of human activity at Butterstreet Cove dating from the Mesolithic (mid Stone Age 6-4000 B.C). A Church dedicated to the Holy Trinity is listed here in the Doomsday Book of 1086. It is likely that Butterstreet Cove (the hub of the old Fleet village) was home to the majority of the area’s population due to its role as a local market.

There is no real evidence to suggest the Old Church near the cache had a tower, the earliest drawings show just a small bell cote. On the 23rd of November 1824 a terrible storm hit Dorset, destroying most of the church, and many of the houses of what was the Fleet Village (nearby Weymouth Esplanade was also badly damaged). The devastation was a result of a very high tide and hurricane force winds. Chesil Bank was inundated and storm waves swept across the lagoon and through the village “as fast as a horse could gallop”. The Church was never rebuilt, but the Chancel was repaired and served as a Mortuary Chapel even after the new church at N 50°37.373 W 002°31.135 was built 1/4 of a mile inland (building began in 1826 and the church dedicated, as before, to the Holy Trinity was completed in 1829). Stone from the destroyed houses was used in the wall that runs from the churchyard down to the Fleet. The cottages next to the church survived the storm only to be nearly destroyed by a fire in the 1930s.

Birdwatchers will find the following species in the winter; large numbers of Brent Geese, Wigeon and Wagtails. Other species include Shelduck, Goldeneye, Herons, Little Egrets, Cormorants, many Waders; and Red breasted Mergansers at low tide.

Many small migrants include Warblers, Flycatchers and Thrushes and a number of rare species such as Richard’s Pipit, Red Throated Pipit, Red-backed Shrike and Bluethroat have been spotted. Interesting breeding birds include Stonechats, Sedge Warbler, Skylark, Corn and Reed Buntings.

There are many possible walks in this area made famous by J. Meade Faulkner’s 1898 “Moonfleet” novel about smuggling.

For more local info please see (visit link)

Please replace cache carefully (here be smuggling) to prevent muggling and maintain the hide.

Happy Caching

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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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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