A Short Stroll Around Eglinton Country Park Multi-Cache
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A Short Stroll Around Eglinton Country Park
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Hidden
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5/28/2012
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This is a multi-cache that will take you to a few interesting spots within the centre part of Eglinton Country Park. Listed co-ords are for parking.
Eglinton Country Park is located in the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 hectares (98 acres of which are woodland). The central iconic feature of the country park is the ruined Eglinton Castle, once home to the Eglinton family and later the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery.
Stage 1 - Vistors Centre - N 55° 38.491 W 004° 40.311
A = How many black bicycles are parked here?
Stage 2 - Clement Wilson Gardens - N 55° 38.656 W 004° 40.292
B = Number of letters in the last word of the inscription.
Stage 3 - Tournament Bridge - N 55° 38.672 W 004° 40.213
CDEF = In what year did the last great medieval tournament take place here?
GHIJ = What year did David Hamilton produce an early sketch of an iron bridge?
Stage 4 - Eglinton Loch - N 55° 38.656 W 004° 39.744
K = How many boards wide is the boardwalk that you are standing on?
Stage 5 - Eglinton Castle - N 55° 38.654 W 004° 39.985
L = Look at the tower. How many rows of unbricked windows are there?
Now take a seat and admire the ruins whilst working out where the final cache is at
N55 3D.E(B+C)F W004 ((LI)-1).(J+A)(K-G)H
Beware of the possibility of nettles depending on the route you take to the final location.
Additional Hints
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