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Dzban Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 3/15/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


cesky:
Cache je ukryta na temeni zalesneneho vrchu pobliz zbytku zriceniny hradu Dzbán, ktery ve stredoveku strezil cestu prochazejici rozsedlinou prilehave nazyvanou Vrata. Jiz v dobach predhistorickych zde byvalo hradiste, snad keltske. O vlastnich dejinach hradu neni zadnych blizsich pisemnych zminek, jisto je, ze zanikl velmi casne, nebot jiz pocatkem 16. stoleti bylo misto rozkopavano za ucelem dobyvky stavebniho kamene. Z hradu pozustalo jen par skrovnych trosek zdi, opustene opukove lumky vsak daly vzniknout pitoresknim skalnim utvarum...
Hledejte zlutou plastovou nadobu valcoviteho tvaru (objem 1 l). Dalsi podrobnejsi informace, tykajici se samotne cache naleznete nize, v zaveru listingu.

Fragment of a wall. Photo by Jamaraja, September 2008.
Zbytek zdi. Foto: Jamaraja, zari 2008.

English:
The cache is located at top of a wooded hill close to the remains of ruined castle of Dzbán (Czech for jug), which used to guard a pass called pertinently Vrata (=gate). Scant remains of even larger prehistorical fortificiation predecessing it, probably from Celtic times (1st millenium BCE), were discovered. The medieval castle existed probably only for a short period since 13th century but there are no direct mentions of Dzbán in written records from that period. At least since early 16th century the site was used as a stone quarry and gradually turned into huge Swiss cheese. Only lamentable fragments of walls remained (and also some scenic exposed rocks...). Look for a yellow cylindrical plastic container (volume 1 l).

Podrobnosti cache:
zemepisne:
kraj: Stredocesky
okres: Rakovnik
obec: Mutejovice
katastralni uzemi: Mutejovice
nadmorska vyska: ~510 m

provozni:
provedeni: ponekud nestandardni valcova plastova nadoba velikosti small (stale puvodni, z roku 2004)
pristupnost: celorocni, bez ohledu na povetrnostni podminky Prevyseni od silnice cini zhruba 40 m, vzdalenost dle zvoleneho zaverecneho pristupu 300 az 500 m. Cache se nachazi mimo cesty, teren je lesni, clenity, pro priblizeni s kolem ci kocarkem nevhodny.
umisteni: zhruba puvodni +- 2 m (doposud zadny autorsky presun)
vandalismus apod.: doposud nezaznamenano
vhodnost pro trasovatelne predmety: ano, nicmene prostor schranky je dost stisneny
vyskyt mudlu u cache: velmi nepravdepodobny
posledni kontrola: 2. prosince 2009
potreba udrzby: nevyznamna, treba doplnit mudlokartu, jinak logbook A7 byl v case kontroly plny zhruba z 1/3
planovana kontrola: predbezne 2011
posledni uprava listingu: 4. prosince 2009

Preju vsem hodne stesti pri hledani, hezke pocasi a prijemne zazitky z vypravy. Vybude-li vam alespon trochu casu a chuti, nevahejte se pak v logu na par vet rozepsat - rad si poctu treba odkud a jakym zpusobem jste se na misto dostali a co vsechno pri tom videli - od veverky az po turistickou znamku... Budu vdecny i za kazdou prubeznou zminku o kondici schranky, mire zaplnenosti logbooku ci stavu trackables.
Toniczech

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[cesky] Bchfgralbchxbilyhzrx. Bxebhuynqhgvanirilfvxbyra. Bxhfilfrwfbhqbfxnylilelgncvfzrannpvfyn. Wfcfqrinqrfngfrqzqrinqrfngqrirg. [English] Nonaqbarqfgbarcvg. Ebhaqpnivglngxarryriry. Yrggrefnaqahzorefnerratenirqfrirenysrrgnobirvg. Wfcfavargl-friraavargl-avar.

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)