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Roads to Nowhere Mandeville Gap Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/20/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Roads to Nowhere Mandeville Gap

My intention is to gradually place a cache at every Road to Nowhere in the Craigavon Area, and there are quite a few. Anyone else is more than welcome to add to the series at any time.


By the mid 1970's the development of Craigavon had ground to a halt. The Brownlow sector of Craigavon was mostly finished but the Mandeville sector which would link Craigavon to Portadown was barely even started. Due to it's incompletion, Craigavon became known as the 'lost city'. The gap where the Mandeville sector should be creates a strange landscape. Underused roads and over-grown cycle paths mark out an empty grid where a town should be. It is evident at some of the roundabouts that the road infrastructure is unfinished with a lot of possible exits blocked off or backing onto fields. The Mandeville gap means that Craigavon 'City Centre' is now on the edge of Craigavon, and Portadown still remains out in isolation. Craigavon became an embarrassment to the very people who were involved in it's construction. Info from LoveLurgan

I have made this cache for Premium Members only for the simple fact that some of my other caches I have placed in Craigavon have been destroyed and I am hoping this might prevent such horrific acts. If you have trustworthy friends who are not Premium Members please feel free to share the Co-Ords.


The cache is a small tab-lock box in a camo bag. Please hide well when replacing and make sure the cache is properly concealed. The area is used by many dog owners who don't scoop-da-poop so tread carefully. When placed the cache contained a log, a pencil, sharpener and a few swaps.


Congrats to mcc42 on the FTF

Hope you enjoy the series as it develops

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gur ebpx oruvaq gur tenff phegnvaf.

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)