3 The Crostan-FALLEN Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/3/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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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.
The Crostan
The area known as the Crostan was once a former pitmound of mining waste - the name derives from craw (waste) and stan (stone).
It is distinctive in being one of the few Gorge woodlands where pine is the principal tree species.
The Scots Pine and Corsican Pine trees date back to the 1930s, an era of significant hardship and unemployment.
The trees were planted on the site by unemployed workers who had been given the job as a way of earning a little money.
Through its future management programmes in the wood, the Trust intends ensuring that pine trees continue to grow here.

Two small but important areas of heathland occur at the southern end of the Crostan, where plants such as heather and bilberry are to be found, as well as the occasional reptile, such as adder and slow-worm.
The Trust regularly clears young tree seedlings from these areas to maintain the open, sunny conditions that they require.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

TCF FNVQ 4SG NG TM. Guvf fubhyq or uvqqra sebz gur xvqf znxvat qraf urer

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)


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