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Wicklow town harbour Traditional Cache

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Inishanier: Hi,

There has been no response from the cache owner so I'm Archiving this cache.

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Graham

Inishanier - Volunteer Reviewer for Geocaching.com (Ireland)

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Hidden : 10/15/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is placed by the wicklow town harbour, near the RNLI office and the wicklow town lighthouse. very close by is an interest castel ruin. some details of it are below which I copied from the following website.

Note: this is a magnetic nano cache
(visit link)

Black Castle Wicklow Wicklow Wicklow - Ireland East
The Black Castle ruin stands on a rocky promontory over the sea, at the eastern side of the town. There is a fine vantage point for views over the town and the coast of North Wicklow from the ruins. The Vikings were extremely active in the Wicklow Town area from around 795 and in 834 they plundered the Monastery at Glendalough. In the same year they fortified a strategic rocky promonatory at the mouth of the Vartry River in Wicklow town. A castle was subsequently built now known as the Black Castle. There is no mention of the Castle in recorded history until 1174, following the Norman invasion. Between 1295 and 1315 the Castle was attacked and burnt down twice by the local O' Byrne Clan.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Synt, fgrry cvcr, envyvat, oraq bire naq ybbx hc.

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)