Monmouthshire Rural Churches - Bryngwyn Multi-Cache
Monmouthshire Rural Churches - Bryngwyn
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This is a series of multi-caches that I intend to place around the rural churches of North Monmouthshire. There are so many lovely churches around the area that are undervisited, so I hope to attract a few more visitors to these great spots. I shall add to the series as I go along.
All of the caches start at the church where you need to find the answers to a couple of questions to allow you to find the final cache position, and none are intended to be particularly difficult (I would prefer you to find the caches) or are more than 1/2 a kilometre from the church.
This is the nineteenth in the series and starts at the church of St. Peters in the village of Bryngwyn. St Peters is thought to have been founded in 1188 and like many churches in the area has been adjusted and enlarged since then to now have a south porch, north aisle, a chancel, a nave and an embattled western tower that holds three bells. The high door in the tower suggest the presence of a gallery in the past and a doorway and stairs in the north wall indicate the position of the old rood-loft too. Worth looking for are the imposing reredos around the alter that were gifted by the Crawley family (Richard Crawley was a welsh writer that was born at the rectory in 1840 and died in 1893).
The co-ords above are for the churchyard gate. You can park carefully and sensibly along the road from here - there is no car park though.
To find the whereabouts of the final cache location look for the answer to the questions below and replace the letters for the appropriate numbers in the co-ords at the bottom. So here we go.
Before you go in the churchyard you will see a low stone bench round the tree opposite that has an inscription on. What year did Charles Crawley of the village drown in the River Wye (careful here). ABC9
Now go through the gate and walkthe path to the church. Immediately to the right of the path there is a row of box tombs that are close together. How many? D
How many crenellations on the top of the tower? 1E
Take a look at the main doors. How many vertical panels are there on both doors (total number)? F
Take a wander round the church. How many wall buttresses are there (there are same number of doorways)? G
So replace your answers in this co-ord and off you go to get the cache! Final position N 51° GF.(B-E)(C-A)F W 002° (D+E)D.E(C-G)(B-A)
The cache is a small tub in a camo bag that is in an obvious place, and there are a few small swaps in first of all.
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