Llanthony Legends #3 Eric Gill Mystery Cache
Llanthony Legends #3 Eric Gill
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Arthur Eric Rownton Gill is best known as a sculptor and engraver working with both stone and wood, influenced very much by his religious beliefs. His works can be seen in many places from country wide World War I Memorials to the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral and other works now in the Tate gallery. His connection with the Llanthony Valley is that in 1924 having given up an apprenticeship in architecture, he set up his home and workshops at The Monastery at Capel y ffin where his descendants continued to live until around 1985. Later he owned his own press and was a well known alphabet designer some of these (for eg. Perpetua and Sans serif) still being used world-wide and Gill Sans being adopted in 1990 by the BBC for many of their TV.Graphics. Some of Gill’s lettering can still be seen on the exposed roof rafters of the Monastery’s chapel.
Cache placed with the kind permission of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority and Natural Resources Wales.
This cache is not at the given co-ordinates
You will need tweezers and a pencil.
To work out the coordinates you will need to do a little research to answer the following questions.
1. In what year did he carve the Stations of the Cross in Westminster Cathedral. 1A1B
2. When was he born 22nd Feb. 1C8D
3. In what year did he die. E94F
Coordinates = N 51 (B+E)B. FFB W FF(B-E) FE.A(A-D)A
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Guerr srrg hc va prager bs gerr.
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