FYI 48 Bridgnorths Lavingtons Hole..... Mystery Cache
Hidden : 8/31/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS SERIES, PLEASE CONTACT THE CO – SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS

We are often told (correctly, if somewhat ideologically), that geocaches should take us to somewhere "interesting", and not simply be placed just for the sake of it. My way of helping to adhere to this ideal is to base a cache around details given on an Information Board, plaque or similar feature about the area in which it is situated, or the person / building / location it describes. By definition, it is hoped that this information will be "interesting", and will help the cacher discover things that would often not be revealed by a traditional cache. For this reason, I'd encourage any future caches in this series to be multi caches, firstly to read about the area, and then to hopefully take the cacher to one or more of the places mentioned on the Board, if appropriate. The cahe is NOT at the listed coords ...... BUT nearby Use the nfo board to loate the cache
Lavingtons Hole

It may not be among the oldest parts of Shropshire, but the influence of Bridgnorth's geological history is pretty hard to miss - as anyone who's climbed the steps from Low Town to High Town will testify.
Not that the global significance of the Ice Age is the first thing that springs to mind when you're climbing the town's steep slopes!

Bridgnorth's bright red sandstone cliff dominates the town.
Not only does it give the town its distinctive two-tier plan, but many of the buildings (including the castle) have been built from the extremely soft material.
This area was formed during the Permian period, when Shropshire had moved to around 25 degrees north of the equator.
At that time Bridgnorth would have looked very like the Sahara desert. Huge sand dunes were baked as they were blown across a hot, dry landscape.
Looking at parts of Bridgnorth's cliff, you can even see where two massive sand dunes have been laid down, one on top of the other.
The different angles in the rock strata show how the wind blew the dunes in different directions as they were baked hard.
The red sand is held together very loosely by an iron oxide cement, which glues the individual grains together.
However, errosion has inevitably taken its toll on this very soft material. Parts of the cliff have been given extra support by bricks.
A few plants have also caused damage to the precarious cliff. Ivy roots are able to burrow into the loose structure of the sandstone and as it grows, it pulls down sections of rock.
The soft stone has also proved rather handy in the past. A number of caves have been easily carved from the sandstone... during the English Civil War a tunnel was dug here in the soft sandstone cliff,by the Parlaimentary forces, with the intention of filling it with explosives and blowing up the chaple above where all the munitions were stored
the Royalists surrendered and the tunnel was never used, this was called Lavingtons Hole, after Colonel Lavington who commanded the troops who dug the tunnel
Moving down to the River Severn it's worth noting that this only arrived in Bridgnorth at the end of the last Ice Age, around 12,500 years ago.
The Severn originally headed north towards the Dee, until ice edging in from Scotland and Wales blocked up the route.
Forced to find another course, the Severn and a huge volume of melt water cut its way through the Ironbridge Gorge and down through Bridgnorth.
The river is still very active in shaping our landscape. Not only does it continue to erode the surrounding area, it also regularly floods, as many Low Town residents will know.

Cache = 52/31/ABC 002/25/DEF

Info obtained form 1 LAVINGTONS HOLE info sign

A = Number of soldiers with red feathers in there hats (x3)
BC = How long the tunnels (in feet) plus the nuber of boots visable on the soldiers
D= How many birds can be seen
E= Number of soliders wearing blue "trousers" + the number of tools on the floor
F= 164? (? = F)

I hope that you find this an interesting variation on the caching experience. If you would like to find more caches in the series, a full list is here: (visit link)

If you would like to add to the series, please contact the CO, Airtomoreira, by emailing me at fyigeocaching@outlook.com. I will allocate a series number to you, and give you some general guidance for placing your cache.
If you already have a cache based on an Information Board, and would like to add it to the series, that would be no problem, again, please contact me for a series number. I'm happy to expand the definition of an "Information Board" to whatever you think might be appropriate. In short, anything which passes on interesting information to the geocaching community would qualify!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

va "n" ubyr

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)


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