Brindley’s Bends – Fennis Field Traditional Cache
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Brindley’s Bends – Fennis Field
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A disguised nano. Can be done as a cache and dash.
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.
Heading east after leaving the area of All Oaks Wood and Hungerfield, the canal struck northeast near the village of Easenhall. It then turned south and crossing the current line near to Cathiron Lane; it headed towards Fennis Fields Farm before looping back and rejoining the current canal just before Walton’s Bridge (42). These cast iron bridges are a feature of the Oxford Canal where the new line replaced the old. This arm, still in water, was cut off from the rest of the system for many years until Bridge 40 at Cathiron Lane was reinstated for access to the newly created Brinklow Marina.
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