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The Drovers Road TB Campsite Traditional Geocache

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Dalesman: This cache has been in need of care and maintenance for some time and as the owner has not responded to recent logs or logged into geocaching.com for some time I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 3/1/2011
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Small cache situated just off the Drovers Road.

The Drovers Road TB Campsite welcomes Travel Bugs and Geocoins from around the world.

Campsite Rules: Please only take away TB's and coins if you are replacing them with others.

The Drovers Road is an ancient route accross the moors, it would have been the M1 of it's day, part of an ancient highway running from Scotland to the south of England.

The track is thought to be prehistoric and various burial grounds from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages are evident along the road, as well as the remains of an Iron Age promontory fort near Boltby.

However, it is the large-scale movement of cattle from Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries that gave it the name it is known by today.

Approaching from the north, the route would have crossed the River Tees at Yarm and climbed steeply on to the moors south of Swainby. It ran roughly south for about 15 miles over the Hambleton Hills to Sutton Bank where it forked, one way continuing southwards towards York and the other turning eastwards to Malton, the Lincolnshire Wolds and the south.

The drovers were nomads and before rail and modern transportation, the drovers’ routes were trodden by tens of thousands of animals – many specially shod to protect them on their long journey to market.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq gur frpbaq gerr sebz gur pbeare. Haqre ebpxf naq zbff.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)