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.
The cache is a 400ml peanut butter jar. The path is stones and easy walking, with no inclines, the cache is @ ½ amile walk from the parking place.