Hutton Roof Crags Traditional Cache
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Hutton Roof Crags (G/LD-052) 899ft asl.
Hutton Roof Crags is a hill in south-eastern Cumbria in north-west England, located near to the village of Hutton Roof. It has extensive areas of limestone pavement as well as grassland and woodland. The hill forms the Hutton Roof Crags Site of Special Scientific Interest and includes the Park Wood National Nature Reserve. The hill is part of the Morecambe Bay Pavements Special Area of Conservation. A significant proportion of the UK's 20 km² of limestone pavement is to be found on Hutton Roof Crags and the neighbouring Farleton Knott.
Although part of the hill is grass grazed by sheep, and part is forested, much remains open common land, and it is here that most of the limestone pavement is to be found. However, much has been removed over the years for many purposes including building, agricultural fertiliser, and production of millstones, but is now protected by law and it is an offence to remove any. The limestone is over 300 metres thick, and was laid down during the Carboniferous period some 350 million years ago. The limestone pavements here occupy an intermediate position between the low-lying pavements of Gait Barrows some 8 km to the west, and those on Ingleborough, 19 km to the east.
This cache and other similar caches were originally placed by CharlieG0PZO for Radio Amateurs,who are taking part in the "Summits on the Air" programme. As they are hidden on mountain tops they will be of interest to geocachers who are fell walkers.
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Va gur juvgr yvzrfgbar pnvea gurer vf n unjgubea ohfu tebjvat. Ybbx haqre ebpxf ng gur obggbz bs gur ohfu. Ovatb! Guvf vf abg ba gur npghny fhzzvg.
(Frr fcbvyre cvp sbe zber)
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