No3~Elan Mountain Road Series -Old Miners Cottages Multi-Cache
No3~Elan Mountain Road Series -Old Miners Cottages
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The above co-ords are for parking and the information board. You are looking for a medium sized clip&lock container able to take small swaps and trackables.
Please bring your own pen to sign the log book.
Please take all necessary precautions when near the road and rivers.
Please keep dogs on a lead due to livestock.
Please do not do at night as we do not want to worry the remote residents.
This series offers you the opportunity to see and explore part of Wales's beautiful mountain wilderness known as the Elan Valley. You can also add our Dam It series to your journey and find other caches along these routes.
You will also be able to find the answers to our Elan Mt Rd series No 2 - Cwmystwyth Mines Earthcache questions here.
Here at our Elan Mt Rd Series No 3 you will see the ruins of many old cottages in the valley. There are only a few original miners cottages left that are still lived in today, this modern ‘pink’ painted row dates back to the 1700's... not sure what the old miners would have to say about the 21st-century colour though? It certainly brightens up the area! This cottage is believed to have been built by the Cornish miners who migrated up to Wales where there was more work available, as it is built with two levels, whereas the traditional Welsh Miners cottages are of one, like a ‘long house’.
During the summer months, the small pottery is open.
To work out the co-ords for GZ find the missing details (#) using the information board...
N52 21 . a b c W003 45 . d e f
a... Sphalerite contains 66.9# % zinc.
b... Copper iron sulphide chemical formula CuFeS#
c... # 000 tonnes of copper-ore were produced from the mines of Central Wales.
d... Galena could yield in excess of #0 ounces of silver.
e... Underground hot water was around #50 - 250C.
f... The Lower Devonian period was around #90 million years ago.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
HAQRE N EBPX! un un
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