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Turf Maze Multi-Cache

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Hanoosh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Brenda
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Hidden : 11/8/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT at the published coordinates. Visit the coordinates to see the famous Turf Maze and read the information board to gather the informatio required to find the cache

The maze was cut in AB60

Old Park Farm was in ruinous condition by 194E

Capability Brown became Lord of the Manor in 1CD8

The village hall was opened as a church school in 185F

John Major opened the Britten room in 199G

There are H swimming pools within 5 metres of this notice board

The map shows Hilton in J77K

The cache is a brown 30ml tube and can be found at N52 AB.CDE W000 0F.GH(J+K)


Wall of text ...
On the village green is a turf maze (or labyrinth) some 55 ft (16.5 m) in diameter, and one of only eight remaining in England. A stone pillar at its centre records that the maze was cut by William Sparrow (1641–1729) in 1660. The Latin inscriptions, above and below a coat of arms (presumably Sparrow's), reads:"Sic transit gloria mundi" ("Thus the glory of the world passes away") "Gvlielmvs Sparrow, Gen., natvs ano. 1641. Aetatis svi 88 qvamdo obiit, hos gyros fornavit anno 1660" ("William Sparrow, Gentleman, born in the year 1641. Aged 88 when he died, he formed these circles in the year 1660").The English inscription reads "William Sparrow departed this life the 25th August, Anno Domini 1729, aged 88 years".The design of the maze is similar to the famous pavement labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, laid in 1235. An illustration by W.H. Matthews in his "Mazes and Labyrinths" (1922) shows several paths leading to the central circle: the erection of the pillar at its centre, some 69 years after it had been cut, could have confused the design, or the paths may simply have become overgrown. Recent maintenance has made the maze conform to the standard medieval pattern.It has been suggested that the young Sparrow might have recut the maze on the site of an earlier one which had become indistinct from lack of maintenance. There is no evidence to support this theory, but the dating of turf mazes is notoriously difficult. There was a turf maze of a similar design in the nearby village of Comberton; that maze was called "the Mazles" but it no longer exists.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

va vil ng onfr bs rnfg fvqr bs gerr

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)