Please use the parking coordinates given as a waypoint, when you are accessing stage 1. Do not drive up the private lane way to the houses to the rear.
Woburn House: The present building that you can see on the shorefront of Millisle, was erected by John Gilmore Dunbar, a wealthy industrialist, between 1797 and 1830, mainly as a summer residence. He was a wealthy mill owner whose name survives in Dunbar Dock and Dunbar Link in Belfast. His family were the sole landlords of the two townlands of Drumfad and Ballyrolly, an area split up among tenant farmers.
The house was inherited in 1846 by George Orr Dunbar, twice Minister of Parliament for Belfast. George married Harriet Susan Isabella Delapoer Beresford, daughter of Lord Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh. They carried out considerable extension and improvement work to the house. A south wing, which now includes a dining room, kitchen, reception room, classroom and main lounge, was added, and also the tower.
The Archbishop lived in Woburn House for a short time and built Carrowdore Church at his own expense. During the Second World War Woburn House was used as a convalescent home for injured soldiers, whilst the Beresford family remained in residence in another part of the estate. Following the death of Reynell Pack-Beresford in 1949, the estate passed to his son, who inherited an enormous bill for death duties.
After negotiations with the Ministry of Finance, the family was forced to sell the house and a substantial portion of the estate to the Ministry. The building passed into government ownership in 1953, and in 1956 it became an open Borstal, housing about 130 boys. In 1975 a more secure Borstal was added and in the early 1970βs a school was established for the training of prison officers and this continued till 1980.
The cache is a small non-standard container which contains a log, a pencil, a couple of very small swaps and a FTF badge. There is only room for small geocoins.
N 54 35.ABC
W 005 33.DEF
A = How many males are buried with Sarah?
B = How many sarcophagi are shaped like the roof of a Church?
C = George and Harriet's infant daghters are remembered here. how many are there in a row?
D = How many of the Pack Beresford children are buried with Reynell and Florence?
E = How many letters are there in Sarah's husbands middle name?
F = How many shields with crosses are lying down?
Substitute the given letters with your answers, and off you go on the hunt!
The check digit for the answers to the question is 15