This is a short multi.
The initial co-ordinates bring you to the Coach House in Palmerstown.
In the early 1700s you could travel by coach from here along the Great Road to Capel Street in Dublin for 4 shillings and a penny or by jaunting car for a mere one shilling, eleven and a half pennies. The Great Road has now been bypassed by the N4 but the area is well served by public transport.
At the point where you stand take note of the worn granite milestone which records - on the South side - the distances to Dublin (4 miles), and – on the East side side – Chapelizod (1 mile). The West side is unreadable but may have shown the distance to Mullingar which was the last stop for many coach passengers at the time.
The mark on the upper sloping surface is a benchmark with the letters GR (for Georgus Rex) above it, thus dating the stone to the time of George 1 whose reign ended in 1727.
In anyways, to get to the cache, take note of the modern memorial stone (gold lettering on black) on the wall of the Coach House. Note the dates which appear in the format ABCD-EFGH.
The cache is at: N53 (A*2)G . E(D-C)(G+H) W 006 (A+C)E . F(B-H)(C*3).
The coordinates jump around a bit at GZ – by about 5 metres under test- so to compensate I’ll tell you that you should be on the South side of the road. If you are standing at the right location and look down you should be able to see the cache. It is a small thin metal box with a SLIDE cover containing a logbook only
The best parking is on St Fintan’s Terrace, although a parking ticket is needed. Pressing the Green button on the Pay Machine should give you a free half hour.
Congratulations to silver soldier on First to Find.