Windmill Tump One Traditional Cache
RedCableTie: I have now recovered the cache container - so it is now all over for my two Windmill Tump caches, which were the first caches I ever put out. I hope someone else decides to make use of the byway to place out some caches - it is a lovely spot for walking and deserves a few new caches to be placed along its length.
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Windmill Tump (aka Rodmarton Long Barrow) is a neolithic chambered long barrow excavated in 1863 and 1939; containing multiple inhumation burials with leaf shaped arrowheads. Roman pottery and coins have also been found - the site is close to the Fosse Way between Cirencester and Bath. It is a scheduled monument in the care of English Heritage and Gloucestershire County Council.
Windmill Tump One and Two are a pair of geocaches on a byway close to the long barrow. However the byway does not actually pass the long barrow, but the barrow can be accessed from the parking location suggested for the Windmill Tump One cache - it is worth a visit. You can see the barrow from the (unsigned) gate at the eastern end of the parking area, with it's own fence surrounding it in the field. The grassy path runs along the side of the field and follows the hedge almost all the way to the barrow.
For the Windmill Tump One cache, park at N51 40.591 W2 05.938 (ST 93255 97537) and then walk west 0.1 miles along the road to the entrance of the byway at N51 40.585 W2 06.085 (ST 93085 97526). The byway surface is good, but stout and waterproof footwear is recommended except in periods of good dry weather.
If you are planning to visit both caches and the long barrow, I suggest you visit the caches first and the long barrow afterwards.
Alternatively, park in the location suggested for the Windmill Tump Two cache and walk the other way along the byway. The byway also crosses a road at N51 41.287 W2 05.688 (ST 93545 98827), but there is really no opportunity to park there.
Given our geo-caching name the cache contains items on a red theme!
Additional Hints
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Va n gerr orgjrra gur rnfg bs gur genpx naq gur fgbar jnyy.
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