Smailholm Tower Mystery Cache

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Lorgadh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 5/7/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

New container placed 16/04/11 due to original appearing to be missing? If anyone does spot it then please let us know, you will know it's the original due to any entries being before 16/04/11.

"Smailholm Tower is a peel tower that stands around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smailholm_Tower

The coordinates given are for the car park at Smailholm Tower. You then need to answer the following questions to work out the coordinates for the actual cache. You will get all the answers from the information board in the car park.

Q1, There is a picture of Smailholm Tower on the board, A = the largest number.

Q2, B = the second digit in the year Sir William Scott bought the estate.

Q3, C = what is the second digit in the year that Sir Walter Scott came as a sickly child?

Q4, D = the third digit of the amount of cattle that were lost
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Q5, E = the third digit in the year the cattle were lost.

N 55°AB.CDE

W 002°AA.CBB

The tower is only open the following times:

Opening arrangements
Summer
1 April - 30 September, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm

Winter
1 October - 31 March, Sat Sun, Open Weekends Only - 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ybpngrq 25/30 zvaf jnyx/fubeg qevir sebz gur gbjre, oruvaq n ynetr ybt, haqre n syng cvrpr bs jbbq.

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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