The
co-ordinates above are for the Braaid information board, not the
cache itself. You will need to visit the site to obtain the
co-ordinates for the final cache, which is located within a mile of
this Manx National Heritage Site.
The
Braaid is believed to have started as a stone circle site. Later it
became a Norse farmstead set in a low valley, where good grazing
land and climate was likely to have existed. The site consists of
the remains of a Celtic stone roundhouse and two rectangular
constructs of Norse origins, believed to be from Iron
Age.
The Braaid has the best above ground preserved site on the Isle of
Man for a settlement from this period.
Once the
numbers have been obtained from the first part, follow these
instructions to get the co-ordinates of the
cache;
If the year of
the archaeological investigation is ABCD and the year the Vikings
arrived is EFG, then the cache can be located at;-
N
54°0B.FAC
W
004.34.GFA
It can be a
bit muddy depending on which route you take to get to the final
cache, so would recommend good walking shoes or boots.
The cache is a
small Tupperware box containing marbles, a GeoCoin, a EU GeoCoin
and a Travel Bug for the first few people to find
it.