Mottram Quarry Multi-Cache
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Mottram Quarry is the largest and also the youngest quarry at Alderley Edge. The quarry was worked between 1872-1950 with the Wilmslow Sandstone being extracted and used as moulding sand. During this period the quarry was worked on two levels but because the sandstone is very soft the features created by quarrying have largely disappeared
(with thanks to http://www.alderleyedge.org/Mines/quarries.htm)
This cache is just near to Mottram Quarry, which is part of the Alderley Edge National Trust site about half a mile away (and a couple of hundred feet up) from the main car park near the Wizard.
There is parking for a few cars near to the cache, the number depends on how neatly they are parked!
At the published co-ordinates, there is an 8 word sign with some important information.
The final cache is at N53 18.AB W2 12.C0D.
A = the number of times the letter M appears in all the words on the sign (1 digit number)
B = The Scrabble score of the letters of the second, fourth and seventh words where all the letters are on triple word scores (2 digit number)
C = The number of Morse code dots and dashes used to make the first word (1 digit number)
D = The most frequently occurring word length of all the words (1 digit number)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onax ba univat gb ebbg nebhaq sbe guvf bar
Treasures
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