Lochend Park Traditional Cache
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Lovely little urban park.
Lochend Park is a little hidden gem of a park just round the corner from The Easter Rd football stadium.
When you enter the park from Lochend Road, you come across a small playpark, beside a 16th century beehive doo’cot, dating from the time this area formed part of the lands of Lochend Castle, occupied by the Logans of Restalrig. The castle was virtually destroyed at the end of the 16th century, and eventually replaced by Lochend House a few hundred years later. One small, gruesome footnote to the history of the doo’cot, is that there is evidence of a chimney, an unusual feature for such a structure, which is thought to have indicated that the building was used as an incinerator, the likeliest explanation being that it was used to burn infected clothing during the 1645 plague.
There is a large pond in the middle, populated by ducks, geese, swans, moorhens, coots and herons. A rumour stated that Lochend Loch was bottomless, and had once swallowed up an entire carriage and horses!
In June 2011 a major project was completed which involved clearing the sides of the loch, replanting to encourage biodiversity and the building of a wooden observation deck allowing an excellent view of the local birdlife.
I love Lochend Park I hope that you will too.
Note- Stealth will be required, The cache location is a little of the beaten track but Muggles and Duggles are never far away.
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Zvq jnl hc onax
Haqre ynetr ebpx gb evtug bs gerr