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This is a nice sized cache placed close to the Jamaica Inn and Smugglers Museum by the A30 on Bodmin moor. The cache is hidden in the hedge behind the upright granite pillar. You can park right by the cache, make sure you are on the same side of the hedge as the coach rest stop area.
Smuggling is synonymous with Cornwall's past. In any study of the local history of Cornwall's coastal villages, you will consistently find references to fishing and smuggling as the chief employers of these small communities. The Cornish coast with its isolated inlets and its small coastal villages provided the perfect landing places for contraband. The fishing communities' need to supplement their poor incomes, meant smuggling was inevitable.
The poorly paid farm labourers and the hard living mining communities ensured there was a constant demand for cheap goods, including tea, brandy, gin, rum and tobacco. The Jamaica Inn immortalised in The Daphne Du Maurier novel of the same name was the perfect place for storing contraband on its way up country, mainly due to its isolation.
Cache placed with permission from the managment and owners of the Jamaica Inn and Museum. Special thanks to Martin.
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