1 SUTTON WOOD-GUARDED BY THE ELDERS Traditional Cache

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Red Duster: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am permanently archiving it. This action can not be reversed.

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Hidden : 12/3/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the Severn Gorge Countryside Trust Geocaches



The Severn Gorge Countryside Trust manages 260 hectares of land on a 999 year lease, which includes over fifty per cent of the land within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site which was the seat of the Industrial Revolution.
The Severn Gorge Countryside Trust works to balance the conservation and enhancement of landscape, wildlife and public access, and also to reinforce the cultural importance of the special areas under its management.
All of our landholdings are open to the public to explore and enjoy, and a network of waymarked paths and trails have been established through the woods and meadows of Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Jackfield, Coalport, Madeley, Barrow and Broseley.
Sutton Wood
Sutton Wood is the Trust's most easterly parcel of land, covering the northern slopes of the Severn valley as the river flows out of the Gorge.

It is a large wood, covering 28.5 hectares (70 acres), and contains larch as well as a variety of broadleaves. Unlike the Trust's other woods, this area has been little affected by past industrial activity.

Sutton Wood is a Wildlife Site, and one of the richest sites in the Gorge for birds such as siskin, redpoll, whitethroat, and garden warbler. It is also home to the scarce white-letter hairstreak butterfly. This species feeds on elm, and although many of these had to be felled during the major outbreak of Dutch elm disease in the 1970s, enough specimens survive in the understorey for the butterfly to do well.

The wood is traversed by a number of paths, some of which are explored in detail in the Trusts publication: : Jackfield & Coalport: Five Historic Guided Walks.

Jackfield & Coalport: Five Historic Guided Walks



PLEASE NOTE YOU ARE ADVISED DO THE SERIES THE RIGHT WAY ROUND

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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