The Mary Knoll Loop #1 - Track Down Your Quarry Multi-Cache

This is cache #1 (a multi-cache) in a series of 3 caches. The other two are single caches (GC5956J and GC59576). The 3 caches are designed to take you on a round walk through some of the nicest paths in Mortimer Forest, together with a stretch of open farmland. The walk is hilly and can be quite muddy after rain so good footwear is recommended. The complete loop, taking in all 3 caches, is approximately 5 miles (8 kilometres).

This is a multi-cache in Mortimer Forest. These ancient woodlands were once part of Saxon hunting forests. Ralph de Mortimer was granted these forests and other land that was forfeited by the rebellious second Earl of Hereford in the 12th century. The Mortimers were feudal Marcher Lords and owned much land on the borders of Herefordshire and Shropshire, including Ludlow Castle. The Forestry Commission now own Mortimer Forest and as well as a beautiful area for walking the forest includes very old limestones and shales laid down by the sea some 400 million years ago.

The coordinates given are for the Forestry Commission car park, you need to walk through the gate and up the slope to the Information Board where you will find details to help you solve the first set of coordinates. Here are the clues to take you to waypoint 2. Viewpoint? X, AXX, BXX, CXX Planting? DEAX N:52 20.(E-D)(C-D)A W:002 44.(B-D)D(E-D) At waypoint 2 please do not tamper with the plastic box, it is irrelevant to the cache.

Thanks to the Forestry Commission for permission to place these caches