The Deverills - Longbridge Multi-Cache
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The Deverills - Longbridge
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A number of easy clues designed to lead you around the village of Longbridge Deverill. The cache is a small cylindrical container full of the usual goodies and swaps. You will be required to walk about 1.5 miles on field paths and village lanes. Fields can get muddy especially between location 4 & 5. All paths are permissive and there is no need to enter any private property.
Longbridge Deverill is one of 6 villages located in the beautiful Deverill Valley. Although relatively quiet and peaceful today, all the villages, including Longbridge are steeped in history. Evidence of the earliest settlement at Longbridge was found at nearby Cow Down and could be dated as far back as the Iron Age. The villages have played their part in history ever since.
This area was an important crossing point for the Romans and it is thought a settlement would have been built at Longbridge. Alfred gathered his forces in the area before fighting the Danes. William the Conqueror, at Domesday, confiscated much of the land from the nobility, Longbridge wouldn’t have been excused. Although the churches were left alone, after the Reformation Sir John Thynne bought the holdings of the church at Longbridge from the Abbots of Glastonbury. Longbridge remained in the hands of the Thynnes until the 1940s when it was sold to help pay off death duties.
More of the history of this fascinating valley can be found on www.wiltshire.gov.uk. We hope you enjoy the walk.
After parking at the posted coordinates walk to the Church of St Peter and St Paul to find at N51°10.290 W002°11.533 the grave of Lord Valentine Thynne. What year was he born? = abcd. What year did he die? = efgh.
Now go to N51°10.(b-d)(c)(a) W002°11.(a+c)(h-e)(g)
How many years did John Cockburn Millar live at Longbridge House? = i
Look behind you and note the number of rack and pinions on top of the sluice gates = j
Now go to a rusty old gate at N51° 10.(h-g)(a)(i) W002° 11.(d-j)(d)(g)
How many horizontal bars are there? (Count carefully) = k
Walk on to N51°10.(k-d)(k)(h-c) W002°11.(a)(f-k)(b)
Ignoring the letter A, what number Little Green are you at? = mn
Now continue on to N51°09.(b)(n-m)(m-j) W002°10.(b)(h)(k)
On the end of No38 how many round windows are there? = p
Now walk the short distance to the Dairy House at N51° 09.(n+p)(p)(h-k) W002° 11.(k-g)(m-i)(d-g).
How many ducks are on the roof? = q
How many shillings could you be fined if you left the gate open? = rs
Walk back up the road to N51°09.(h)(m)(q+p) W002° 10.(q+r)(b)(k+s) where you will find two metal gates.
How many diagonal bars are there in total? = t
For the penultimate clue walk on to N51° 10.(p)(b-t)(s) W002° 11.(s)(q)(n-t)
Count the number of poppies on the iron work gate. = u
For the final location go to N51° 10.(p)(m)(s) W002° 11.(m-u)(n-m)(u+c)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vafvqr yrsg.
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