Saint Columba, Gruline, Isle of Mull
The building of St Columba's at Gruline was begun in June 1873, the cost being divided between Captain Parr of Killiechronan and Colonel Greenhill-Gardyne of Glenforsa House. The church was completed in December 1873 and the first service held there in June 1874, with 26 people present for the English service in the morning and 47 for the Gaelic service in the evening. The church and the adjacent burial ground were consecrated on Sunday 4th July 1875 by Bishop George Richard Mackarness (1823 - 1883). It was the first church to be consecrated in Mull for some centuries. There are memorial plaques to these two benefactors on the walls of the nave.
The church has several attractive stained glass windows, one of which is by Charles Kempe, of Charity and two children. It was installed in 1912 and it is said to be a fine example of his work. Several of the other stained glass windows are dedicated to, or have links with, members of the Melles family. Several of the memorial plaques also have links with this family.
Now on to the calculations to find the final.
On the church notice board the first digit of the service time A
At the church entrance
Number of words above the door B
Number of letters in the first word C
Number of rivets fixing each door hinge D
The final cache can be found (C-B-D)(B+D)(D-B) metres away at an angle of (D-B)(C-B-D)(C-C) degrees from the given coordinates. The checksum of metres and degrees is 14.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
The final is less than 250 metres away
This is a letterbox cache, please leave the stamp in the box.
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