DARTMOOR QUEST Mystery Cache
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Dartmoor is a favourite place of ours whilst Paul may love the walking I have always been fascinated in the myths and legends and history that surrounds Dartmoor, so this quest is designed to take you on a tour of some of these
To find this cache you will have to go on a virtual tour over Dartmoor gathering information as you go. This may require the use of a search engine an O.S map or knowledge you may find from other sources
By guessing the places involved you will gather answers to help you find the caches location
The cache is not at the above co-ords
1 The starting point is a church that must be the unluckiest church in the country. The evil man whose remains are incarcerated died in what year(- A - -)
2 Our next part of the journey will take you to Matins corner and to the remains of a small chapel built by Keble Martin 1909 what are the first three digits of the SX grid reference(- B -)
3 The next stage will take you to an area littered with kistvaens .Local tradition has it that in the ( - - C -`s) this one particular grave was the meeting place for a coven of witches from Plymouth
4 The next part of your journey will take you slightly further afield to a place where three valiant soldiers are buried after dying in snow drifts. Their grave is marked with a slate memorial, at the back of St Michael’s church. What age was Joseph Penton( - D)
5 This next stage will take you to the ruins of a house named after a garden creature. What year was it sold to the forestry commission ( - - EF )
6 The journey comes to an end in a place famed for its ghosts and nearby are ancient dwellings and graves of their time. The deserted medieval village is situated about a quarter of a mile to the south-east This place was first recorded in the Domesday Book of what year ( - GH - )
The cache is a fairly large container with room for swaps and TB`s and Geo coins
The cache can be found at
N50.EA. FCB
W003.(H-E)D. GH(C-E)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre ynetr ebpx