St.Cybis Well and Garn Bentyrch Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/10/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This walk takes you to the ancient and beautiful site of St Cybi's Well, nestling in a valley by a clear mountain stream, and then on to a trig point at the top of the hill - Garn Bentrych, where the cache is.

St. Cybi's Well is a beautiful, peaceful and serene location in the village of Llangybi, Near Pwllheli and Criccieth in North Wales on the Llyn Peninsula. The well is housed in a small building whose roof and floors are long gone. The cottage is set with a beautiful backdrop of a wooded hill. Follow the path from the well through the woods to a trig point on Garn Bentyrch, a good walk with spectacular views of the coast and mountains.

St Cybis well, pronounced 'Cubbi' (I think) is an ancient place used by St.Cybi for healing the sick. The pool is about 8' square and filled by a beautiful clear stream. The well is inside the ruined building.

Follow the brown CADW tourist signs to the well, look for the village of Llangybi. There is parking for two or three cars adjacent to the brown sign for the site which directs you through a footpath at N 52° 56.718 W 004° 20.511. Here you walk through an iron gate, walk down the hill, through the field to an iron kissing gate, then turn right and walk alongside a not too obvious path which takes you along the edge of the field marked by low overhanging trees and bushes which will be on your left, the ground can be muddy and the field can have cattle grazing. At the end of the field you walk through two stone gate pillars and you are on a footpath, follow the path with the stream on your left until you see the well buildings and see an information sign on the metal fence for St Cybis Well, in say 200 metres or so.

After visiting the well you need to locate the cache ! Walk up the path at the rear of the well building to the left. This woodland path will take you up the hill through a copse with fallen trees and over a stone wall via a recognised and Waymarked footpath, through two (sheep) fields and up towards the trig point at the top of the hill, which is called Garn Bentyrch, and is at 222m. Admire the coastal and mountain views from the top of the hill.

After you have visited the well and found the cache retrace your steps to the well, where you can also take the stepped path opposite the entrance to the well, through a field and to a stile and gate at the top of some steps that leads into a churchyard. The path leads through the churchyard and to a slate stile in the wall. If you turn right here in front of the white cottage the road leads you back to where you started from, by the brown sign.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf nobhg 10 srrg (3z) sebz gur gevt cbvag, va gur tnc orgjrra gjb ebpxf yrnavat ntnvafg rnpu bgure, ebhtuyl AJ.

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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