This is a drive by cache located on the edge of
Rothwell. It is a 35mm film canister, at the moment it does not
have a pencil so please bring your own.
These are the third pair of Jawbones situated in Rothwell. They
were purchased by the district council after the last pair became
damaged in 1967. Bought from the Norwegians for £50 the bones
originally belonged to a 75 foot long female Fin Whale. Despite
problems with customs and duties the whale bones were eventually
erected on Wood Lane becoming the jaw bone junction marker for Wood
Lane and the Leeds and Wakefield Road.
The first pair of jaw bones were brought back from America in the
first half of the nineteenth century by one of the Fenton family,
colliery owners and landowners of Rothwell. They were originally
placed over the gateway of Fenton House in Woodhouse Hill.
When the house was later sold the bones were removed and erected as
gateposts to a field at the junction of Wood Lane with the Turnpike
Road. The land was eventually bought by the Electric Tramway
Company and the jaw bones were once again re-sited over the
footpath and a lamp was fixed to the top. They were eventually
moved again to their final position, on the opposite side of the
road.
You may need specialist equipment for this cache. A bent coat
hanger may suffice. LOL. From now on no sign is no log. Cheers
MaxKim. Cheers and good hunting, MaxKim