Dower House Traditional Cache
Lindinis: The owner has stopped maintaining this cache and hasn't logged onto geocaching.com for some time, so I have archived this cache.
Lindinis (Ernie) - Groundspeak Volunteer Reviewer for South West England.
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This location is accessed by approaching straight up the grassed slope. It is recommended that when you locate the cache; that you move away from the location to sign the LogBook, otherwise the cache might get ‘Muggled’. When replacing the cache, ensure that it is hidden, but try not to draw attention to yourself.
This cache is a 0.9 Lite capacity 'clip-lock' plastic box (size: 165mm x 105mm x 50mm). It is mostly covered with green duct-tape to help camouflage it. When placed, the cache contained: Bag of glass marbles. Bag of 10 toy pirate treasure coins. There is also a Travel Bug to begin its' journey (Wild Haggis). There's a log book and pencil. Dower House in Bristol was built all the way back in 1553 by Sir Richard Berkeley. It has also been used as Pur Down Hospital and the Burden Neurological Institute. It closed as a hospital in 1985 but still stands high over the M32 motorway, overlooking Stoke Park below. The Dower House has stood as one of Bristol's most significant architectural landmarks since the 16th century. The historic building sits on an immense stone terrace forming the high point of a projecting ridge that commands overwhelming views across Bristol and the River Frome valley. The building is now the stately centre-piece of the 140 hectare Stoke Park, the name of the original house and estate which belonged to the Berkeley and Beaufort families for more than three centuries. The parkland estate also carries a Grade II listing and many of the original serpentine pathways, tunnels and monuments have received the same careful attention to reclaim them from two centuries of weathering and disrepair.
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