Reel Around the Fountain Traditional Cache
dancingdogs: Afraid that the gardeners seem to be more thorough in their tidying up now and I think are disturbing the cache with increasing regularity, so it's time to hit the archive button. Thanks for all those who have visited. Perhaps spomeone else will place a new cache in the viscinity.
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Cache formerly known as "Three Coins in a Fountain".
This fountain, located alongside the (private) gardens of Portman Square, is known as the Hamilton Fountain. It is a Grade II listed monument described as follows:
"Drinking fountain. 1878, donated by Lady Hamilton through the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Polished pink granite. Rectangular base with plinth having spouts and semi-circular basins on 3 faces and a tall column surmounted by an urn. Inscribed to the memory of Sir James Hamilton. Religious inscriptions, some on a small bronze plaque, bear witness to the evangelical dimension of the Association's activities at the height of its philanthropic functions. Founded in 1859 the Association provided free fresh water to many humans and beasts at a time when ale and spirits were easier to obtain than water and most supplies contaminated. Lady Hamilton designed the acorn jets found on many fountains of the period after-public comments were made about the unseemliness of water flowing from the mouths of animals. The Association provided a catalogue of functional designs but some wealthy patrons used their own."
It may be listed, but it looks a little unloved and is probably barely noticed by the many who pass it daily. The road and pavement works in Portman Square in 2011 improved the immediate surroundings considerably and have at least taken the traffic a few feet further away.
There is very convenient motorbike parking alongside and Boris Bikes a few metres away.
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