"Bottom Shops" Traditional Cache
RubyandCo: After much humming and harring after several DNF's and DNA I've asked myself "would I want to look for a cache here" - and my answer is probably not so have decided to archive and stick to more suitable places - thanks to those who have found it.
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This cache in conjuntion with "Top Shops" http://coord.info/GC48D6E are both Urban caches with high muggle activity, hence the High Difficulty Rating. These are not "Pretty Place" Caches but will test your Stealth Skills. Therefore the Hint is very important and you may wish to carefully choose your time to look for these as the areas are often teeming with activity depending on the time of day - early morning or later in the day may be best.
Locally the 2 Shopping Areas are called Top Shops and Bottom Shops as the Bottom Shops are lower down - Simples Really :)
There is a little snobbery with regards the area around Bottom Shops as people who live there prefer to call it "Belstead Hills"
Chantry estate was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the estate was named after the Chantry.The oldest area of the estate is nearest Gippeswyk Park and the roads are named after flowering plants. These include Hawthorn Drive which is a main thoroughfare and primary bus route through the estate, Speedwell Road, Pimpernel Road and Violet Close The newer area further southwest is mostly named after birds such as Robin Drive, Greenfinch Avenue and Sandpiper Road. There are also roads to the west named after towns and districts in Greater Manchester such as Holcombe Crescent, Monton Rise, Hale Close. To the south of Birkfield Drive there is an area built in the early 1970s and the roads are named after some of the colleges which make up Cambridge University such as Newnham Court, Girton Way, Emmanuel Close, Fitzwilliam Close. The estate of Chantry is generally considered by locals to end at Belstead Road and to the south and east of this road is the estate called Stoke Park mostly built in the 1970s and 80s. Unlike Chantry which was largely built as council housing, Stoke Park was developed by private builders.
A hoard of Roman era gold was discovered during building work in Holcombe Crescent in 1968, with the initial find consisting of five Romano-British gold torcs (decorative neck rings). The items show design features associated with the Iron Age La Tène culture, & are thought to date from around 75 BC. A sixth torc was found in the following year, some distance from the others but thought to be from the same collection. The find’s proximity to the Belstead Brook has led to speculation that this hoard was associated with a spring or holy well in the area. The torcs are now housed in the British Museum in London, with copies on show in Ipswich Museum.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Anab - Zvqqyr Orapu Zvqqyr Fgehg
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