Slepewalk Multi-Cache
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This multicache is set around the historical market town of St Ives.
The first Anglo Saxons arrived in St Ives when the settlement was known as Slepe (meaning 'muddy'). Around 1000AD a ploughman discovered a stone coffin containing bones which the landowner, Ramsey Abbey, declared to be those of St Ivo, a Persian missionary. During the 17th and 18th centuries St Ives became an important waterway route bringing coal from the port of Kings Lynn and returning with corn. Parking for the cache is plentiful except on Mondays which is market day. The above co-ords are for suggested parking in the large car park of the Dolphin Hotel, for which there is a charge of £1. If you buy a coffee or other beverage in the hotel, you will obtain a token for the barier free. To enter stop at the barrier and follow instructions and the barrier will rise automatically. You are asked to collect numbers from various points of interest about the town and record them so that you can compose the final cache location. If you look above shop window level on your journey you will see lots of evidence of fine buildings, once private, but now put to commercial use. A) N52 19 368 W 000 04 519 How many Yale locks are on this Chapel door. B) N52 19 333 W 000 04 396 What is the second digit of the cottage opposite this historic pub? C) N52 19 322 W 000 04 326 What is the second digit of the year in which the priory was founded? D) N52 19 388 W 000 04 280 This is the site of the former cattle market. What date of the month was it opened? E) N52 19 410 W 000 04 383 This lintel is thought to be from Ramsey Abbey, discovered when this building was renovated from its former use as a public house. How many animals are carved in the wood? F) N52 19 461 W000 04 521 What is the last digit of the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee G) N52 19 517 W 000 04 621 How many words comprise the name of this building, set in the stone above the door? You may want to linger inside this place, open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, 2pm - 5pm Sundays in summer. Notice also the Methodist Church across the street built from Snetterton car stone brought by barge from near Kings Lynn. The final cache is calculated by doing the following simple ‘sums’- N52 19 (F-A) (E-B) D W000 04 (G+B+A) C A The cache is a small plastic box in a black bag.
Additional Hints
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Orjner bs gur gebyy!