Goosepill Meander Traditional Cache
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A nice walk through the woods along an asphalt path. The path is
suitable for walking, cycling, pushchairs and wheelchairs. The
cache itself is accessible with a small scramble up the wooded
slope on foot.
The cache may be accessed from either end of Goosepill woods. Along
the service road behind Tesco’s and you find one entrance to a
pleasant footpath though Goosepill Woods alongside Hubberston Pill
and Havens Head Lake.
At the far end, you come out within sight of the Priory Ruins at
Lower Priory which is the other entrance to the path. If you park
at this end park by the gate and not in the old Priory Pub car
park. The owner does not like it very much!! The Benedictine Priory
here was built in 1170 and was the spiritual centre of the region
until it was destroyed by Henry VIII in the Dissolution of the
Monasteries. Watch for the wild life in the woods especially the
squirrels and birds.
As well as being the name of the town, Milford Haven is also the
name of the huge natural harbour here. Described by Nelson as "the
finest port in Christendom", the harbour offers some of the best
shelter in the world to large ships as it is some 10 miles long by
up to two miles broad. Shipping has dominated life around the
harbour for centuries although for much of this time is was only a
temporary refuge. Norsemen used the harbour as did both Henry II
and King John who set sail from here to conquer Ireland, but it was
Sir William Hamilton (husband of Lord Nelson's Lady Emma) who,
having inherited two nearby manors, saw the potential of the Haven
as a major harbour. Hamilton was away in Naples as an Envoy
Extraordinary so he appointed his nephew RF Greville to establish
the town around the harbour. Greville contracted a Frenchman, J-L
Barrallier, to lay out the town and dockyard in a square pattern
that can still be seen today.
Although the docks, completed in 1888, failed to attract the
hoped-for larger ships, the Neyland trawler fleet moved here and by
the beginning of the 20th century, Milford Haven had become one of
the country's leading fishing ports. During both World Wars, the
Haven was busy with Atlantic convoys but after 1945 there was a
decline and trawling also began to disappear. However, since the
1960s Milford Haven has developed as a major oil port and is still
used by the leading oil companies. A very large Marina now occupies
a part of the dock basin with local, Spanish and Belgian trawlers
also using the facilities on a daily basis. (Fresh fish is still
sold on the fish market side of the docks.)
Aptly housed in a former whale oil warehouse that dates from 1797,
the Milford Haven Museum has a range of displays that follow the
fortunes of the town and dockyard including hands-on exhibits
tracing the town's history from a whaling port to a premier oil
terminal. The tomb of Sir William Hamilton can be seen in the
graveyard of St Katharine's Church, while inside the church are a
bible and prayer book presented by Lord Nelson.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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