Barnstaple Heritage Trail Multi-Cache
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Barnstaple Heritage Trail
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The walk is based, in part, on the Barnstaple Heritage Trail. A copy of the booklet can be bought at the Heritage Centre shop. The walk is planned as circular. It is mostly flat and paved. The walk is about 3 km long and takes about 1½ to 2 hours.
Parking is available at the long stay car park on The Seven Brethren. N510 04.462 W0040 03.457 The walk will take you on a short tour of some of the interesting places mentioned in the booklet The co-ordinates are for the first clue. Collect the information from the clues to work out the final hiding place of the cache. The cache is a small clip lock container, in a camouflage bag, with room for swaps. The bag is now fixed to stop it falling from its position. Please remove the container from the bag and not the bag from its spot. 1) N51 04.753 W004 03.683 When did 5 ships sail from Barnstaple to join Sir Francis Drake in Plymouth? a=final digit 2) N51 04.774 W004 03.545 For how many poor children was Alice Horwood’s school endowed? b= first digit +2 3) N51 04.727 W004 03.528 The site of this 17th century Merchant’s House has numbers on the columns at the front entrance. What numbers are on the left hand column, when facing the door? c= first digit -3 4) N51 04.685 W004 03.569 When was this structure first widened? d= final digit -3 5) N51 04.664 W004 03.504 What year was the person this clock commemorates born? e= final digit -4 6) N51 04.626 W004 03.417 The nearby blue heritage plaque tells you that Brannams Pottery was once on this site. Above the gateway in front of you is a terracotta frieze. How many mammals are part of the frieze? f=that number 7) N51 04.611 W004 03.386 What year was this ‘house’ founded by Mr John Penrose? g = the second digit -3 8) N51 04.537 W004 03.339 When was this Park presented to the town? Take the day of the month and add the digits together. h= this number 9) The cache is at N51 0b.cdf W004 0g.hea
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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