Church Micro 1263 - Carlton Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 7/2/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Another pretty church in an area of Cambridgeshire close to friends of mine's house.



St Peter is a diminutive building: tiny nave and chancel, no tower, aisles or any adornment save for a nice little Victorian half-timbered porch on the south wall and a similarly dated bell-cote at the west end. It sits in an uneven green churchyard looking rather uneven itself – this is one of those buildings that time has slowly disarranged so that none of the walls stand quite straight. Built of rubble and fieldstones, it looks impressively ancient.
Not that it is particularly ancient: aside from those Victorian additions St Peter dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, and there are churches far older than that in Cambridgeshire. It is hard to escape the sensation of time pressing down, nonetheless. The interior is white and bare, like bleached bones, and the blackened timbers of the kingpost roof undulate as though warped under many years of strain.The chancel arch is large and (by comparison with the rest of the building) elaborate: the responds both have crenellated capitals at the top, and there are heads on either side of the arch. The chancel itself is also relatively large, though no grander than the nave. The east wall leans outwards alarmingly, and contains a good Perpendicular window.
The old priest’s door in the south wall has been blocked up, producing a recess that reminded me of a little grotto, for some reason. Next to it, in the westernmost window of the south wall, is St Peter’s one remaining piece of medieval glass – a roundel, in the tracery at the top, containing a pair of feet and an orb.

If any body would like to expand to this series please do, could you please let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrnir ab fgbar haghearq

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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