The Coalisland Canal was opened in 1789 to bring coal from Coalisland to Dublin via the River Blackwater, Lough Neagh and the Newry Canal. Coalisland acted as an inland port with lighters carrying grain for the mills and provisions for the surrounding towns.
Today you can walk along the canal from Coalisland town centre for 4.5 miles, and you will see that the canal had seven locks each 15 feet wide, including a staircase lock at Macks Bridge. There were five lock houses on the Canal. One at Moor Bridge still exists and has been converted into a large house, and another just below High Bridge which unfortunately has been vandalised, is boarded up, and is in a sorry state.
To get to this cache you can park at N54 30.393 W006 38.293, which is an area at the side of the canal at High Bridge. There is ample room for one car.
The cache is a small box, and is located along the canal path. The path is grassy with no inclines, but would probably not be suitable for wheelchairs.
The old lock keepers cottage is just across the High Bridge a short way down Reenadeery Road.
Another cacheMoor Bridge Canal Walk GC1DAG0 can be walked to from this cache, or you may prefer to return to your car and drive to the parking coordinates given for that cache.