The cache is situated close to the'Honour Oak', a surviving
reminder of Tavistocks involvement with the Napoleonic Wars. In the
middle of the 18th century, Tavistock was a parole town for
captured French officers.Up to 150 officers were billeted in the
town area and were put on their honour not to travel beyond certain
boundary limits. This tree was one of the limit markers.
The prisoners were subjected to a number of other rules
History also relates that this tree was one of the accepted
places for leaving money for food received during the cholera
outbreak of 1832.
Time, and it would seem, the local population, have not been
kind to the tree, which is now held together by metal tie-bars.
Please be aware of muggles whilst retrieving the cache