Macdona Traditional Cache
Royal Oak: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. It is not normal to unarchive a cache, which has been archived due to a lack of maintenance.
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Congratulations to WW & DSW on FTF.
The cache is a Tupperware ccontainer capable of holding small objects and trackables.
This is a very busy entrance to the Wirral way and frequented by dog walkers and other muggles so try not to look too obvious while searching and do be careful over the last 4 yards which are overgrown and potentially slippy.
The Macdona, were a family from Ireland. William Coules Macdona became vicar of St. Marks in Royton, Nr. Oldham and the benefactor of the land to the church was his older brother John Cumming Macdona who for a time was MP for Rotherhithe. He too was a reverend at some time in his life and also he was president of the Kennel Club. John Cumming Macdona lived in Hilbre House in West Kirby. The family are now all dead, the last of them was Mrs Macdona was alive in the 1960s or 70s. The Macdonas gave the land for the West Kirby sailing club and where Macdona drive is now was where their house was.
The Estate of Hilbre House is in between Macdona drive and Riverside. At the south end of the lake, (which no longer exists), and now integrated into a modern house, is a small circular sandstone tower. The tower is known as 'Tell's Tower'. It was built by Cumming Macdona M.P. in memory of a remarkable St. Bernard dog for whom he had great affection for. Cumming Macdona lived at Hilbre House in West Kirby with his dog. After the animal died in 1871 he built the tower in the corner of his garden and buried the dog underneath with a plaque and small inscription as a dedication to his beloved pet. The entrance to Tell’s Tower can be seen from Riverside, and the actual tower can be seen from the slipway down to the river Dee.
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