A gem of a Church in a lovely small Cornish Village. The hunt for the cache will take you into the churchyard.
The coordinates above take you to the first stage of the multi where there numbers to obtain.
The Village of St Ewe
St Ewe as a community can be traced back to the 13th Century. The Saint is generally thought to have been female and her name is recorded in various forms including St Ywa, St Euwa and St Tue. Cornish Saints were not always holy men but often were missionaries or the younger sons of chieftains who took up "good social works". It is thought that St Ewe was St Theo of Bodeo in Brittany.
In 1821 the village had a population of 1663 most of whom were sojourners (residing temporarily) working in the nearby Happy Union Mine. In 2001 the population was 507. The village still has a pub but the last shop - the Post Office - closed in 1980.
The St Ewe Cross - located just outside the entrance to the churchyard - has a base which is over 1000 years old and, in company with many other buildings in St Ewe, is a Grade II listed building.
The Church
Originally rebuilt by the Normans on its present site in 1120.
It is open during daylight hours and it is well worth having a look inside. During your hunt please take time to look at all the many features of this lovely Church - it contains some ancient commemorative plaques, a 12th Century Norman Font, a unique rood screen and an unusual tower.
It is not necessary to enter the church to find the clues and the cache.
The North Porch Entrance and the Tower date from the 14th Century.The South Aisle was added with a wagon style roof between 1390 and 1400.
The rood screen is unique of its kind and age having escaped destruction by Cromwell's soldiers. It is unusual amongst Cornish rood screens in that it has seven bays rather than the more traditional five.
In 1547 the bell tower housed 3 bells but this was increased in 1926. The weather vane on top of the tower has been there since 1696.
In the churchyard there are some amazing tombstones and monuments which suggest that back in the 1800s there were a number of wealthy local families. The yew trees are also very impressive and if it is windy they make a curiously spooky clacking noise.
The Cache
The headline coordinates will take you to the grave of two members of a local family - Walter Lawry and his wife, Mary Bovey.
The grave is about 2 metres to the left of the footpath through the churchyard on the left side of the church. In the summer, long grass may obscure part of the gravestone so take care to get the numbers correct.
To find the cache you need the following information:
Walter died on Jan A st ABCD aged EF
Mary died on Aug G th ABDA aged HC
CHECKSUM FOR A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H = 42
The cache can be found at:
N 50 16.EFH W 004 G(C-A-A).(D-A)(B-A-H)F
The cache is a bison tube - you may need tweezers to extract the log. Please bring your own pen.
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