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Church Micro 2325…Great Casterton Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 12/17/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

HOW TO GET TO GZ. Walk to the area where the traffic calming Great Casterton sign is (up the hill from the church). There you will see a foot path sign leading down and over the river, follow the footpath to GZ. Hope this helps.

The church at Great Casterton has some very interesting features and is an attractive building with its ironstone fabric and pretty churchyard. Most of the church dates from the 13th century and consists of a nave, north and south aisles (1250 and 1280 respectively), chancel, south porch and an unusual tower which was added later by building it within the nave, but more on that later. There is also a vestry which was added in the early 1980's.
The chancel although following the plan of the original Norman structure has lancet windows and is Early English, the east window has two lancet windows with shafts and stiff-leaf capitals. There are two monuments to former rectors and there are also four ambries. These were discovered when some wood panelling was removed from the chancel walls in 1930 when a new altar, and alterations to the chancel floor were undertaken.
The aisles were also built in the 13th century but do not reach the full length of the nave. The clerestory with its pretty tre-foiled windows date from the same period and adds character and of course more light into the church. The tower was added in the 14th century, but due to not enough land to the west the tower was built inside the nave with a large west archway

“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nobhg 4sg hc.

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)