Milestones
The Romans laid good metalled roads to move soldiers and supplies quickly across their Empire: they measured distance to aid timing and efficiency, possibly marking every thousandth double-step with a large cylindrical stone. 117 still survive in the UK.
There are eight within Bracknell Forest. This is the first of two within Bracknell Parish.
This milestone features two place names and their distances away.
The closest place has A letters and is BB miles away.
The furthest place has C letters and is DE miles away.
Please use the below formula to calculate the final location of the cache.
N 51 D (C-B) . (E-A-B) C (E-C)
W 000 (E/D) (A-D) . D (E-C) E
Please note there is a division sum in the westings.
You are looking for a camouflaged micro a short walk away.
Checksum of all final digits = 42
A cache near a milestone. If you wish to set a milestone cache then please contact Marcusmaximi who is keeping track of the numbers. You may have to check on the 'magic' map to make sure that a particular milestone is not a scheduled ancient monument or somesuch.
To see all Milestone Caches please click HERE.