Brindley’s Bends – Nettle Hill Traditional Cache
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Brindley’s Bends – Nettle Hill
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The Oxford Canal, designed by James Brindley and built during the period 1774 to 1790, was one of the earliest canals in England. Built as a contour canal, it slavishly followed a level line and followed a tortuous route from Coventry to Oxford. In the 1830’s, taking advantage of developments in civil engineering, its line was shortened by some 20 miles, and reduce the time it took for boats to travel from the collieries of the Midlands to London.
This series of caches are placed along parts of the now defunct original Oxford Canal line.
Here the canal turned southwest from Hopsford, to cross the current line at near right angles and skirt around Nettle Hill before turning southeast. While the old line can be easily seen along the tree line from Mobbs Wood Farm, ploughing and the motorway have obliterated the features south of Nettle Hill.
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