A church micro in Currie, a suburb of Edinburgh, formerly in the county of Midlothian.
The parish church lies south of the current main road, on a side street called Kirkgate, amongst a small cluster of buildings which represent the original village. It was built in a simple rectangular form, with a pediment on its north (entrance) side and a low central spire, in 1784 by James Thompson of Leith. Its interior was remodelled in 1835 by the Edinburgh architect, David Bryce, and in 1848 the windows were enlarged by the architect David Couisin. As the graveyard pre-dates the church it is presumed that the church replaced an earlier church.
The graveyard is laid out in three sections: an original section around the church including several interesting carved stones from the 17th and 18th centuries; a Victorian section on a raised tier; and an attached, but separately walled cemetery to the south, containing 20th century graves.
The war memorial. which adopts the form of a medieval market cross, stands near the entrance to the church.
Parking can be found on Kirkgate, on the left hand side after you turn onto Kirkgate from Lanark Road West.
The final cache location is located at N 55 5C.(A-4)(A-A)B W 003 1(A-4).(D-1)E(Ex2)
where:
A = Number of panes of glass in the circular window above the front door of the church.
B = The penultimate number of the Office phone number on the board to the left of the front door.
C = Number of letters in the first word of the bottom line of either board.
Facing the front door of the church, walk along the path to the right until you reach the gravestone erected by George Muir, in memory of his spouse
D = The first digit of the age of his spouse when they died.
E = The fourth digit in the year at the top of the gravestone.
Checksum A+B+C+D+E = 26
The final cache is a short walk or shorter drive away. There may be on street parking at GZ. A writing implement will come in handy here as the container is a nano. Please be stealthy as it can be a busy spot. Many thanks and enjoy.
For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067 please read the "Place your own Church Micro" page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html before you contact him at churchmicro@gmail.co.uk.
See also the Church Micro Statistics page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html and Home page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html for further information about the series.