The Cage - St Osyth Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 1/16/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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The Cage was once a medieval gaol, last used as a gaol in 1908. The Cage became the holding place for 14 witches during 1582 but only two, Ursula Kempe and Elizabeth Bennett, were hanged. When the building was bought recently the owners moved out after 3 years, due to the various paranormal activity. Activity including, voices, pulling of hair, objects being moved, door handles/latches rattling,taps turning on and blood stains appearing. Ursula Kempe is the famous witch of St Osyth. She was a midwife and nursemaid, she gained a reputation for helping people by removing spells from them. Ursula was convicted with help from her son, Thomas Rabbet. Offered lenience if she admitted her guilt of witchcraft and having four familiars, a lamb, a toad and two cats and claimed to have fed them on beer, cake, bread and drops of her own blood. She also named other witches. Elizabeth Bennet was found guilty and confessed of having two familiars and killing four people through witchcraft. She was imprisoned for 6 months before being hanged. Two separate skeletons were found in St Osyth in 1921 - one skeleton was found in a back yard, at Mill Street. The owner, Mr Brooker decided to make some quick cash, by charging to look at the skeleton, until an unexplained fire at his home in 1932. The skeleton was re-buried. Both skeletons had iron rivets in their elbows and knees; it was thought to stop witches from rising out of the grave. People are assuming the two skeletons are Ursula and Elizabeth, but no carbon testing has been done to establish this. Three witches were tried in 1645 and five died before witch trials, the skeletons could be of any of the witches. The skeleton was exhumed at Mill Street, sold to Boscastle, Cornwall (Museum of Witchcraft), and sold in the 1990s to Robert Oscar Lenkiewicz, until his death in 2002. The skeleton was then re-buried.

The cache is a small container not far from the Cage. The answers to the puzzle can be found by visiting the Cage and also reading the plaque on the wall.

The Cage
N51 48.ABC
E001 04.DEF

The Cage was last used as a prison in 19A8
Ursula Kemp was hanged as a witch in 1B82
C= The number of windows on the wall to the left of the plaque
D= Cx2
E= D+1
F= D-1


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Parking is available in Colchester Road, but it can be busy so please take care if parking there.



Please note there is no need to go on any private land to locate the cache

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

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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