This is a simple off set multi, the cache is not at the posted co-ords.
This Ancient Well has been named Devils Whispering Well.
But why the Devil!
One theory underlined by the name is that one could commune with Old Nick. And the structure could lend support to this bizarre usage. The well is a red brick structure with an arched entrance, but oddly with the well’s basin is to the side of the structure rather being face on like most wells, so we could whisper? But why whisper to the Devil? One possible reason is that the well is a cursing well. As a cursing well it would not be unique countrywide. Indeed, the most well documented site is less than 100 miles away at Bath. But are the two connected? Bath’s reputation comes from the discovery of a hoard of cursing tablets There appears to be no evidence of a Roman connection to the settlement that I am aware of, but then again the other well known site St Elian’s Well in Llanelian similarly does not have a Roman connection.
Here is a small article!
“Walling in the Devil at Bishop’s Lydeard – many years ago, when I was a child , I remember hearing my grandmother say that the Devil kept appearing near a well at Bishop’s Lydeard, where some men were building. They were very frightened and went to the clergyman and asked him what to do. He promised to go with them when they thought he would appear again and he did so. When Satan appeared in the form of an ordinary man, but with a cloven hoof, the clergy man approached and said ‘In the name of the father, the son and the Holy Ghost, why troublest thou me?’ and he gradually disappeared and the clergy man told the workman to ’wall him in’. So they built round the place, and he disappeared forever. I have always had the impression it was somewhere along the wall opposite Lydeard House. I wonder if anyone else had heard of it? I know my grandmother used to say they walled in the Devil at Bishop’s Lydeard – H”
You will need to go to the posted cords that will take you to the well. The number of arched sections at the top of the well will give you A
Now in the vicinity of the well, the number on the lamp post will give you B
The top numbers on the AV sign will give you C D
Now you will need to find an old metal gate, a few yards to the left of the well, the number of flower shapes on the gate will give you E
Last but not least, on the opposite side of the road on the of top of the wall, the number of concrete supports, on the first section of the wall nearest the well will give you F G
By now you should have all the info that you need!
Checksum = A+B+C+D+E+F+G = 21
The cache can be found at: N 51 (D)(B-A).(C-E)(E+F)(C-B-A) W 003 (E)(F).(Gx2)(B+G+F)(G+F+E)
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