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**Minnowburn Dander** Traditional Cache

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gilliancclarke: Semi retirement

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Hidden : 5/4/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Minnowburn is on the southern edge of Belfast, its meadows and woodlands rolling down to the Lagan river.


This is a circular walk I love and wanted to share with you, it incorporates other geocaches listed below.   If you want to do the full walk, park at Minnowburn carpark and follow the below caches in the set order.

Minnowburn 1 The Bridge  N 54° 32.908 W 005° 57.167

Minnowburn 2 The Pond  N 54° 32.879 W 005° 56.924

Multipuzitional #2 : Rebecca's Traduzzle 

**Minnowburn Dander**

Giant's Ring N 54° 32.424 W 005° 57.115

**Minnowburn Dander 2** N 54° 32.458 W 005° 57.487

**Minnowburn Dander 3** N 54° 32.551 W 005° 57.452

**Minnowburn Dander 4** N 54° 32.667 W 005° 57.547

 

Dander along the burn that gives the area its name, beeches towering above, past where generations of children fished for minnows.

Climb Terrace Hill and discover the garden built by linen merchant Ned Robinson, where you can have a picnic or take in the views across the Lagan valley.

The old avenue curves back down the hill to the Sandpit field, which in once reverberated to the sound of ‘Pop for Peace’, a concert in 1969 endorsed by John Lennon.

On the other side is a short walk to the Giant’s Ring, a huge neolithic earth henge and tomb where you can imagine scenes of ancient gatherings and rituals.

Paths wind through fields, past the mill village of Edenderry and back to the river, to its first historical crossing at Shaw’s bridge, named after an officer in Oliver Cromwell’s army.

Keep an eye out for sculptures and natural art along the path and see if you can catch the blue flash of a Kingfisher, or an Otter poking its head above the water.

Geocache hidden with kind permission from the National Trust.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)