Clent – Ellie Mystery Cache
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Short Description: A small cache.
About Clent Hills
History
Wychbury Hill contains the remains of an Iron Age hill fort, which may have been surrounded by three or more ditches.
Clent Hills were once part of a Mercian forest. Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (the three lands covering south, east, and central Great Britain). It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands.
Clent appears in the Domsday Book as Klinter and was recorded as Kings Land. The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, which legitimised and legalised the acquisition of lands taken from the defeated Anglo-Saxons. The majority of landholders in England at the time of the Domesday Book had accompanied William the Conqueror from France in 1066, and were granted areas of land previously held by English natives. The Battle of Hastings which took place on October 14, 1066 is considered to the decisive battle resulting in the Norman conquest of England.
In the 19th Century visitors were attracted to Clent as a holiday and recreation amenity. In the 1900’s Clent became even more popular, with such attractions as donkey rides, grass-tobogganing, and a small fair ground.
Today Clent is as popular as ever.
Clent Hill and Walton Hill area managed by the National Trust. More information can be found on the National Trust website. There are events organised throughout the year, and a café at Nimmings car park. The café is open 10 am to 4 pm, Tuesday to Sunday, and is closed Monday, except when Monday is a Bank Holiday.
There is a children’s adventure play area, in the fenced wooded area to the rear of the café.
About the Cache
The co-ordinates are for the kissing gate near Nimmings car park. From this position, you should see another kissing gate, which is where the cache is located. The distance between the two kissing gates is 4 chains.
What are 4 chains? Well, let’s start from the beginning. A furlong is a furrow long, the length of a medieval field. 10 chains equal a furlong. A chain is the length of a cricket pitch, and has been used since 1620. But how long is a chain? A chain is also 4 poles.
Rods, poles and perches are different names for the same unit. Medieval ploughing was done with oxen, up to 4 pairs at a time. The ploughman handled the plough. His boy controlled the oxen using a stick, which had to be long enough to reach all the oxen. This was the rod, pole or perch. It was an obvious implement to measure the fields, such as 4 poles to the chain.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nqqvgvbany Uvagf – Gb svaq gur fznyy pnpur sebz urer fubhyq or rnfl, va snpg vg’f nyy qbja uvyy sbe 80 zrgerf sebz abj ba. Gung vf, fubeg bs Untyrl Jbbq Ebo’f Cbby, gb cnl crgre.
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