Bicton Common Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

LympstoneBogtrotters: As this cache benifited from a very well crafted bespoke container, I have decided to archive here after being unable to locate the cache on a recent visit, despite a lengthy search.
Many thanks to all who visited, judging by the 40+ favourite points many of you enjoyed this one! And finally, thanks to Cometra Ranger for designing a top quality caching experience.

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Hidden : 6/4/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Another drive-by - this time on Bicton Common.
This cache is at a location which is not in the EAST DEVON PEBBLEBED HEATH which is an SSSI. Nor is within the Bowl Barrows which are a Scheduled Monument .

Another cache on the road between Yettington and Woodbury.
 
Easy parking on this part of Bicton Common that is frequently used by model aircraft enthusiasts.
Indeed when the cache was set there was the distinctive sound of model aircraft engines. Still it’s good they have somewhere to fly.   
About Bicton:
In the reign of King Henry I (1100–1135) the manor of Bicton was held by a man named Janitor, who held the manor by the feudal tenure of grand serjeanty requiring him to provide a county jail, which was an honourable position of trust. The Latin noun Janitor means "door-keeper", generally understood in the sense janitor carceris, "door-keeper of a jail".[1] Thus the tenant took his surname from his form of tenure.[2] The prison was later transferred to the county capital Exeter, but the feudal tenant of Bicton was nevertheless for many centuries required to meet part of the repair & maintenance costs of the newly-sited jail. Swete states that Dennis Rolle Esq., the proprietor of Bicton at the time of his visit, had paid the sum of £1,000 to the Treasury to be released in perpetuity from his vestigial feudal liabilities.
 
Tree cover might be an issue.  
PLEASE REPLACE EXACTLY AS FOUND.  

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ba gbc ng tebhaq yriry. Qba'g sbetrg gb ybt lbhe ivfvg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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