St. Inan's Chair Traditional Cache
Hidden : 8/25/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:




The cache is located at the top of Cuff Hill. You can reach the location by climbing over the style near St. Inan's Well and following the track up the hill. It is quite steep and overgrown in parts but you do not need to tackle any of the gorse bushes to reach ground zero.


Beith was the occasional residence of St Inan, a confessor of some celebrity, whose principal place of abode was at Irvine. He flourished about 839. On the Cuff Hill there is a cleft in the rock, which is still called St Inan's Chair; and, at a short distance from it, a well of excellent water, called St Inan's Well.


From the Callendar of Scots Saints, we find that the festival of this saint was celebrated on the 18th of August; and to this day there is a fair at Beith, held on the corresponding day, old style. Tradition still bears that this fair used to be held on the Cuff Hill. It was removed to Beith after the town had increased in population, and become a more suitable place for a market. It is one of the principal fairs in the county.


Inventory - FTF AMAZO Badge, Log Book, Pencil, Rolls Royce camera, Compass, Australia Keyring, SFA Badge, Frodo Toy, Gonzo Toy, Scooby Doo Pen, Ping golf tee.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpure'f pnvea arne n ovt obhyqre

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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