Frogmore Creek Series - No 1 Caveman Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/25/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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***Please note***** Caches 1, 2, 3 and 4 in this series can only be accessed when the tide is low. The first part of the walk is along the foreshore and is at its most spectacular from about 2 hours AFTER high tide.
Note: STAY ON FORESHORE for first 4 caches

This is series of 9 caches in a circular walk of about 4.5 miles on footpaths and green lanes around the Salcombe – Kingsbridge estuary, starting and finishing at the village of Frogmore.
Frogmore, like many of the villages around the Salcombe – Kingsbridge estuary, is a very old settlement. Its name is a Saxon one and means “the frog pool”. This sleepy backwater once functioned as a bustling quay, and the spring tides would bring quite large sailing ships right up the creek. Coal and corn were landed and loaded on the wharves here until well into the 1800s.
A limekiln stands down by the foreshore near Frogmore. Like many others it was situated close to the water because the limestone burnt in it was brought in by boat from Torbay and Plymouth. There are 27 of these kilns dotted around the shore of the estuary.
The long green lane along which you walk towards Frogmore was once the main turnpike road from Kingsbridge to Frogmore. The turnpikes were toll roads, and unpopular among many. These routes often had a soldier`s pike set as a barrier across the road by the toll house, which is how they got their name
You may notice the greyish stone along the back of the foreshore. This rock is called Meadfoot Slate. Where the route leaves the foreshore to head inland, you pass the old Geese Quarries. The stone which built the tower at Dartmouth Castle was hewn here in the 15th century, and this quarry also provided the raw material for West Charleton church and many other local buildings.

This cache is a small clip lock container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bhgfvqr gur pnir, ba gur yrsg fvqr, ba n "furys", jnvfg urvtug

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)


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