Meldon pool Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 10/13/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

 

Meldon Pool is not a naturally formed body of water it is a flooded disused limestone quarry, the limestone being used for building and for burning in the nearby limekilns. The water is known to be over 130ft (39.5m) deep ,to give scale of this, nearby meldon dam is 44m high. Mega Deep, I wonder what lies on the bottom. Free parking can be found nearby at meldon resovire, or at meldon quarry.

Quarrying ceased at the end of the 19th century, when it became too expensive to follow the steeply dipping limestone deposit downwards. When the drainage pumps stopped, the quarry filled with water to create what is now Meldon Pool. Two limekilns remain; one near the pool dating from the late 19th century, and one further east from about 1790. Originally the limestone was probably roasted with charcoal from coppiced oak woodland in Meldon Woods, but the railway enabled coal to be imported after 1874. There is evidence of inclined tramways used to charge the kilns. Other relics include numerous finger dumps which would have carried tramways for removing spoil, a wheelpit and an assortment of earthworks and stoneworks.

Free parking can be found nearby at meldon resovire, or at meldon quarry.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fpenc zrgny

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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