I wanted to place a couple of kid friendly caches in the Lowell area – my second cache in this park is named for my grandson Hunter. Hunter loves farm animals – especially the cow – so I named the cache Hunter’s Moo. The theme of the cache will be farm animals. Please feel free to grab an animal (I placed a cow, horse, donkey and bull) and replace with another.
The Cache is located off West Meadow Road in Leblanc Park. The park consists of 60 acres with two ball fields, a soccer field and a playground. Park is very busy during soccer and baseball session so please drive slow entering the park.
On the left side of the ball field you will see a small hill with some stones. Legend has it this area has been referred to as 'The Druid Hill Stone Circle' - According to archeologist John Pendergast in 1985 -- The circle is 114 feet by 62 feet and is more tear-drop or egg-shape than circular. The circle of stones is on a mound which averages 2 feet in height all of which is on a gently inclining hill. "The area appears in historical records as parts of land grants as early as 1629, but passes from Indian land to private ownership lands about twenty years later. The first European owner John Webb, sold the land to Thomas Varnum, whose family owned the land well into the 19th Century. It is unlikely that Puritan Mr. Varnum would name his hill after a pagan Irish Saint." "In 1915, an isolation hospital was constructed near the circle. it was burned and razed in 1955. the area is now a municipal park. The circle of stones is never referred to on maps or any other records..."
http://www.boudillion.com/druidhill/druidhill.htm
GeoCache Pin for FTF
I took several coordinates to this cache - please let me know if you find that my coordinates are off. Thank you