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The Fairfax Intrenchment Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/17/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was placed to coincide with the Summer @ St Ives event on June 17th 2007.

The cache is not at the above coordinates, but you do need to start there.
It is said that in the early 1640s, during the English Civil War, General Fairfax, a Yorkshireman and Oliver Cromwell's Second-In-Command, was surprised by Royalists on his way to lay siege to Skipton Castle.
Exact details of the battle upon this site are vague, but the stone table at which the General sat to list his casualties is now preserved in Harden Memorial Hall.

FIELD PUZZLE
At the given coords you will find a natural feature, work out what the feature is, and choose the correct set of coords.

SPRING - N53 51.122 W001 52.474
POTHOLE - N53 51.027 W001 52.264
WARREN - N53 51.056 W001 52.701
STREAM - N53 51.554 W001 52.437
RIVER - N53 51.648 W001 52.347
WATERFALL - N53 51.376 W001 52.937

There are plenty of places a small cache could be at the final location, so you may want to take a peek at the spoiler photo.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq zbff ba n oenpxra fghzc.

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)