The Harbour Traditional Cache
Marmite64: Sorry for the delay, this cache is being archived as it has been going missing more than once and I'm not able to maintain it. Many thanks to those who have taken the time to find it and hope that a new one will be up and running soon. Thanks to Longman for the reminder, it was on my list to do but should have done sooner. Look forward to finding a cache here myself! :))
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The cache is a black bison tube containing log only BYOP. Please note that care should be taken with young children as the area is unfenced. Busy area so stealth required. Please put back as found so that it is not visible. Parking is available at the nearby Turner centre for a fee.
Margate Harbour is a small drying site with limited protection, lying a couple of miles to the west of North Foreland. It is protected by a large stone breakwater and can give protection from the Northeast, East, South and South West. There is no real protection from the West or Northwest, and shelter from the North is marginal. At the end of the Stone Pier is the Lighthouse of 1828 that was designed by William Edmunds. This replaced an earlier one that was erected when the Stone Pier, designed by the great architect and engineer John Rennie, was constructed between the years 1812-1815. Edmunds' Lighthouse survived until the Great Storm of February 1st 1953, when it collapsed into the sea after its foundations were undermined. The present concrete Lighthouse was completed in 1955. Serious problems were encountered during the construction of the Stone Pier due to the freshwater springs that bubble up in the area, relics of the Creek and Tivoli Brooks. These springs undermined a 100 yard stretch of the wall and the problem was overcome by spreading a bed of clay over the affected area and then laying a timber floor on it, after which the stone walls were built up on top. The Harbour Wall itself is constructed as a series of compartments filled with rubble and shingle and has now firmly withstood the fury of the sea for 186 years.
Additional Hints
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