West Side Story # 3 Dunlavin Traditional Cache
West Side Story # 3 Dunlavin
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A quick cache and dash in Dunlavin.
Welcome to my little tour of West Wicklow, the West Side Story series! These are some of my favourite spots to visit and I hope you enjoy them.
This one, the third of the series, is in Dunlavin. The cache is at a preserved pump surrounded by feature stone walls in 'The Pure Mile'. Coordinates may be slighly off due to tree cover, see hint for help.
The PURE Mile’ is an environmental initiative of The PURE (Protecting Uplands and Rural Environments) project which aims to foster a greater appreciation and awareness of country roadscapes by rewarding and acknowledging local community efforts.
The Dunlavin Mile runs from Market House on Kilcullen Street to the Blind Lane on Station Road.
Defining features in this area of Dunlavin include a ditch called a Bunditch, a spring well, a bridge, an old farmhouse, the remains of a railway, a row of lime trees and many species of wildlife.
The ‘Bun Ditch’ consists of a rose bed and granite bollards. Nearby there is an old spring well which was rediscovered about twenty years ago. In fact hidden under a large granite slab/flagstone there are three steps down to the well.
On Station Road the Tidy Towns committee have planted an avenue of Lime trees, which stretch as far as the Kildare county border, one of the older Lime trees opposite the local Clinic is known locally as the ‘Doctor’s Tree’.
Children in the past used the stone bridge over the River Griese when bathing and collecting pinkeens. The river supports an abundance of types of wildlife including wild ducks, hens, Black Mink, hedgehogs, flogs and a heron.
Taken from http://www.ouririshheritage.org/page_id__377_path__.aspx
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