Kincardine O Neil Auld Kirk & LWF Multi-Cache
Kincardine O Neil Auld Kirk & LWF
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You can answer the below questions by either reading the noticeboard where the coordinates take you to or go to the east gable of st marys kirk and look at the stone that commmemorates Francis Fraser (says I AM READY)
A) Whats the first number, of the day that was on the stone.
B) Whats the number of month thats on that stone and add 1
Now go to the Lest We Forget monument accross the road (STAGE 2). Look at the plaque at the very top, just below the sword.
C) Number of letters in 2nd word (Don't count the years as words)
D) Number of Letters in 3rd Word, Subtract 6 (Don't count the years as words)
E) Number of letters in Last Word, Subtract 1
Now go to N57 05.ABB W002 40.CDE to find cache
History of Auld Kirk
In the 5th century St Erchard, a disciple of St Ternan, brought Christianity to this area of Aberdeenshire. He built a church beside the River Dee, on or near the site now occupied by the roofless ruin of a 14th century church. St Erchard is said to have been buried within the church.
In 1233 Alan the Durward founded a Hospital of St Mary at Kincardine O'Neil. Then Duncan, Earl of Fife, founded, or re-founded, a church here, attached to the hospital, and this was in turn was granted to Aberdeen Cathedral by Alexander Kyninmund, Bishop of Aberdeen, in the middle of the 14th century. The church served the hospital, linked to the east end of the building. It had a thatched roof, but this was replaced by a slate roof following a fire in 1733.
The hospital fell into disuse and was torn down in 1625, but the church continued to serve the local community. A new church was built in 1862 and the Auld Kirk was allowed to decay. The church interior was then used as a burial ground.
The simple roofless building has only one small window, which would have made the interior very dark, but would have helped the church retain heat. There was one doorway in the north, now very worn. This was blocked up at some point and a new doorway inserted in the west gable end some time in the 18th century. On top of the gable is a small bell-cote, but the bell is gone, removed to the new Victorian church in 1865.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
U (Cyrnfr znxr fher lbh uvqr vg cebcreyl)