The Church
The village of Heamoor is recorded back in the early 13th century when it was formed of two small settlements which were expansions of the then larger settlement of Madron.
Heamoor exists because of its proximity to a major crossroads through which agricultural and mining materials passed.
The village grew in the 19th century and even more so in the 20th Century when it was identified as an area for extensive housing development for Penzance. For reasons not fully understood the old Scout Hut in Heamoor was bombed by the Germans in WW II - it was replaced in its current location after the war.
The parish church for Heamoor is St Maddern at Madron but the growing population in Victorian times brought with it the need for a Church of Ease to be built in Heamoor itself. The church is typical of those built at the end of the Victorian period. Unfortunately the church is locked at all times other than when services are being held.
The Cache
The headline coordinates will take you to the outside of the church where you will find a date engraved in the granite lintel above the entrance door.
This date = ABCD
The cache can be found a short walk away up a public footpath . The trailhead for the start of the footpath is provided as a waypoint.
The cache location is N 50 07.B(A+D)(B-A) W 005 33.0(C-D)D
The cache is a camo's plastic tube 10 cms long by 3 cms in diameter in a camo bag.
The final coords may be affected by tree cover but the hint should let you home in on it.
Please be stealthy at the GZ - it is a crossing point of two popular footpaths and please re-hide the cache well.
You may need tweezers to extract the log and Please Bring Your Own Pen (BYOP)
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