‘Feigh Fi Fo
Fum’ Geocache Series - North Antrim Coastal
Path
This is nothing to do with Englishmen but rather in reference to
the local Feigh Mountain and the variety of people who have strived
to understand and make a living from this particularly beautiful
part of the North Antrim Coastal Path. It is a celebration of the
history, industry and local scenery that is right on our
doorstep!
The path winds for a number of miles along the North Coast but
the particular segment that this series relates to starts from
Dunseverick (or the Giants Causeway car park for the more energetic
of you!).
All of the caches in this series are placed along the route of
the cliff top path and extend for a mile or two. It’s also
worth noting that while this is to
some degree a maintained route where hedges are kept under control
and grass is trimmed in places, it has some quite demanding
sections and the ground can be wet, very muddy and uneven.
There are no barriers between the path and the sea. With cliffs
rising to around 400 feet we would recommend that while children
can of course use the route while accompanied by an adult we would
strongly suggest that this is NOT a suitable place for younger
children.
'Iron Man'
Contham Head – Iron Ore
There are unknown quantites of Iron Ore locally and plans were
once afoot by Sir John Coode (1872) to construct a harbour
at Port Moon for exporting the ore. This would have also included
tunnelling through Contham Head to Port Fad (where the ore was
located) which would facilitate the creation of a rail link for ore
transportation. The salmon fishery at Port Moon would have been
completed destroyed if this had proceeded.
Please see full details of the adventurous story via the
link:
http://www.schwang.co.uk/portmoon/history.htm
Also, see the link for a disused Iron Ore Adit mine at Contham
Head. There are a number of other wonderful photos of local caves.
Credit must go to the photogapher!
http://www.andymcinroy.com/5portex20.htm
N.B. The cache (a large tab-lock box) is
located a short distance from the stile – in a westerly
direction. You may well have to hunt around for this one!
Many thanks to the nice people of the National
Trust for providing permission to hide our cache!