Lady Leng Memorial Chapel Multi-Cache
Lady Leng Memorial Chapel
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A short Multi at this French Inspired Chapel.
THE CHAPEL
This building was constructed as a memorial chapel for the Leng family in 1895-7.
It was designed by the architect Thomas Martin Cappon and bears a striking resemblance to La Saint Chappelle in Paris, although on a diminutive scale.
The chapel is sited on a hill to the centre of Vicarsford Cemetery and can be seen from a great distance.
THE MEMORIAL
For sixty years, the Mars Training Ship lay anchored on the River Tay at Dundee and it became a famous local landmark, embedded in Dundee history. In that time, more that 6,500 homeless and destitute boys joined the ranks of the ship to learn new skills and to keep out of trouble.
We'll Send Ye Tae the Mars details for the first time the life and times of the Mars and the people who ran it and the boys from Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh who were trained there.
Launched in 1848, the Mars was a handsome three-masted sailing ship with two decks and eighty guns. But by the time she was completed, the era of sail was giving way to new technology and her conversion was never entirely successful. After a brief spell on coastal defence duty, the Mars was earmarked for scrap. At that time in 19th century Dundee, poverty and disease were rife and, although transportation had stopped in 1857, many children had no option other than to steal to survive and a good number ended up in Dundee prison.
This could not go on, however, and so the idea of a training ship for Dundee was born.
We'll Send Ye Tae the Mars is the fascinating history of how it all happened and how the Mars helped thousands of boys find a new life away from the poverty and crime of nineteenth-century Dundee. More on this at www.sonsofthemars.com
THE CACHE
The cache is not at the above co ordinates - they are for parking, enough room for a couple of cars - nor is the cache in the cemetery grounds but it is nearby.
On entering the grounds head uphill towards the chapel (you will have no problems spotting it!) and head round to the south side where you will find a porch, walk in and answer the following question.
1. Jessie Leng was born April 24th 186(A)
2. further along there is a declaration on marble in the wall by John Leng, number of letters in the 4th word = (B)
3. Still on the north side, how many protruding gargoyles are there without spouts and on the lower level = (C)
Next head down to
N56.25.254
W002.54.715
4. Two months are mentioned in the inscription, number of letters in the month with the most letters = (D)
5. There is a destination mentioned, how many letters = (E)
6. Find Mr Johnston on the memorial, how many letters in his first name = (F)
The cache can be found at
N56.25.ABC
W002.54.DEF
Additional Hints
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