Church Micro 2481…Llandeilo Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 2/20/2012
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Geocache Description:

A small dog tag nano placed in a section of the wall which houses a natural spring

A visitor to Llandeilo cannot help noticing the church, which, with its enormous churchyard, is the town's most conspicuous feature. The church building which you see today was completed in 1850; the tower is late medieval. But the churchyard and the site on which the church stands have a much longer history.

Llandeilo's history as a known Christian centre dates from the sixth century. It was in the course of that century, probably towards its close, that one of the major Christian figures of Welsh history, St.Teilo, chose to make it his base.

The church was rebuilt in 1848-50. The pre-1848 building was a late medieval structure of c.1400. The tower is the only surviving feature of that building above ground. The rebuilders of 1848 chose to use the existing medieval foundations, so that the ground plan of the present church reproduces that of the medieval building. The present building was designed by Edward Davies, an architect from Bath, and built under the supervision of George Gilbert Scott.

The churchyard's large size (about three and a half acres) and its oval shape are both typical of an ancient llan , or church enclosure. The road running through it was laid out as a turnpike in the late eighteenth century.

A fair, called Barnaby Fair, was for centuries held in the churchyard on St.Barnabas' day (June 11th). The first reference to it comes in 1291, and it was still being held well into the nineteenth century.

On the south side of the churchyard, in the wall along Church Street, may be seen an alcove in which a small conduit carries water from a spring in the churchyard itself. This is the outlet from St.Teilo's well which is situated near the eastern end of the church. The well supplied the townsfolk with water for centuries, until covered over in the mid nineteenth century. It is probably a sacred spring, perhaps used as a baptistry from early times.

If you wish to know more please check out this link (visit link)

“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”

Cache placed with the kind permission of the vicar

'CONGRATS TO PKBATHROOMS FOR FTF'

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svfuvat jver

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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