Auldearn The Doocot and the Battlefield Multi-Cache
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Auldearn The Doocot and the Battlefield
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This cache has been placed for the event Spring
Caching in the Highlands 2007 please do not look
for / log until Saturday 21st April 2007 :)
Auldearn lies to the east of the River Nairn, 2 miles east of
Nairn. It takes its name from the old castle of Eren (Old Eren),
built here in the mid-12th Century. This was William the Lyon's
stronghold during his expeditions in the north and it was here that
Robert the Bruce accepted the surrender of the rebellious men of
Ross. Although Auldearn was an early Scottish burgh, it lost its
status c.1190 with the founding of Nairn close by. Amidst the
earthworks of the old castle on a hill overlooking Auldearn stands
the white-harled Boath Dovecote which was built in the 17th century
to serve Boath House. This private mansion to the north east of the
village was rebuilt in the 1820s for Sir James Dunbar to a Gothic
design by the architect Archibald Simpson of Aberdeen.
Auldearn is perhaps best remembered as the site of a battle fought
in May 1645 on boggy ground to the south west of the village. Here
the Royalist forces of the Marquis of Montrose routed a Covenanting
army led by Sir John Hurry. The battle is recalled in local
place-names such as Dead Wood and in memorial stones in the north
porch of the parish church which dates from 1757. This building
replaced an earlier church dedicated to St Colm or Columba who is
said to have had a chapel here in the 6th century and whose name
was also commemorated until the 1880s in the local St Colm's annual
fair.
To loccate the cache location you will need to retrieve information
from the main text on the sign at the given
coordinates.
N
57 AB.CDE W 03
BF.GDH
A = Number of letters in the
second word on line three.
B = Number of letters in the first word on line
ten.
C = Number of letters in the sixth word on line
sixteen.
D = Number of letters in the third word on line nine.
E = Number of letters in the sixth word on line seven.
F = Number of letters in the fifth word on line
thirteen.
G = Number of letters in the fourth word on line seven.
H = Number of letters in the second word on line
fourteen.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ng gur onfr bs gur srapr cbfg