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Hjulby mose Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 12/18/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Hjulby mose er et dejligt område, hvor man kan benytte vejene der krydser gennem området, og opleve mosen tørskoet. Men det er ikke skovens stille ro man skal søge her.
Mosen startede oprindeligt nord for motorvejen. Man ville helst have undgået at lægge vejen gennem mosen, men på grund af den videre linieføring var det ikke muligt. Hele mosen skulle, i vejens bredde, graves væk indtil man nåede fast bund. Det er så det sted i Danmark, hvor man har gravet længst i for at bygge en vej. 23,60 meter blev der målt fra det dybeste sted til jordoverfladen.
De lave let sumpede græsmarker, vandet i mosen og det tætte krat virker som en magnet på dyrelivet, og der er mulighed for nogle gode oplevelser. Men ikke kun dyr er tiltrukket af området. Der skulle i følge historikerne have ligge en kongsgård i nærheden. Men resterne af den er aldrig blevet fundet. Så hvis man falder over et stolpehul må man godt lige tage koordinatet, og skrive det i loggen.


The moor at Hjulby is a great area - you may use the roads crossing thru the area and expirience the area dryfooted. But it is not the quiet of the woods one should seek here.
Originally the moor started north of the freeway. The would have avoided to put the freeway thru the moor, but because of the further linedrawing of the freeway, this was not possible. All of the moor should, in the complete width of the road, be removed until solid ground was reached. This is the place in Denmark where most soil has been removed to build a road. 23,60 meters was meassured from the deepest place to the surface of the earth.
The low swampy grassfields, the water in the moor and the dense bush is like a magnet to the animal life - great nature expierences are possible. Not only animals are attracted to this area. According the the historians, a royal farm should have been in the area - though the remains was never found. If you stumble over a pole hole, please log the coordinates.


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