Slaughterford Rag Mill Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/1/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

An interesting cache location near the By Brook river. It is accessed by a short footpath from the village which can get quite muddy in the winter months.

Slaughterford has a history of paper making of which the Rag Mill, also known as Overshot Mill, remains in ruin.



A mill leat, now filled in, ran for over three quarters of a kilometre from the sluices just downstream of the Doncombe Brook confluence to an overshot wheel in a fulling mill on this site. In the 1890s, rag processing machinery was installed at the mill, and the undershot wheel, which can still be seen on the derelict site dates from that time, being served by a much shorter leat from the next sluice upstream from the mill. Also clearly identifiable on the site is the remains of a rag boiler.



The mill, demolished in 1964, processed rags into individual fibres or "stuff", which was transported in vats of elm across the bridge to Chapps Mill for paper making. The water wheel power was supplemented by a gas engine, and ran shafts and pulleys to a cutting machine and conveyor belt, as well as a grindstone to sharpen the cutting machine blades. You can still see the remnants of all this, including the mill wheel, but it is all fenced off so please don't try to climb in.

Take care of young ones here - there is deep water not far from the cache site, which can be fast flowing at times.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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