#6 Bailieborough Walking Tour - Crannog Traditional Cache
#6 Bailieborough Walking Tour - Crannog
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The is cache number six on the Bailieborough Walking Tour series.
This cache is hiding on this little 'island'. Please make sure you hide it again properly.
The path is prone to flooding in very wet weather so wellies may be required.
Bailieborough Lough, but more commonly called Town Lake, is on the west side of the town and covers an area of 9 hectares. There is a flat smooth path that will take you out to the other side of the lake.
If you like trees there you'll find plenty of varieties.You should see Irish Oak, Horse Chestnut, Wild Cherry, Purple Beech and a Rowan Tree. Further along the path you will come across Alder, Hornbeam, Ash, Birch, Hazel and Rhododendron.
In the beautiful boggy area on the left in Spring and Summer there is an abundance of Heather, Bog Cotton, Sedges and Water Iris growing. This area provides a resting place for the wide variety of bird-life which breed and thrive in this area. Out on the water you can enjoy the newly arrived Mallard, Mute Swans, Moorhen and Great Crested Grebe.
I was going to call this cache Treasure Island and as I was researching to add information to the caches and found this which I'd never heard of before. I will work on finding out more but in the mean time
"On your right, there is a path that leads onto the ancient Crannog which is a Bronze Age structure built as a safe refuge for the locals to protect from marauding invaders. On the Crannog, you will see an old Scots Pine which was planted in the eighteenth century and which attracted a grant of five pence per tree planted."
so if this is correct the cache is hidden on the Crannog!
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Bailieborough Walking Tour
This series of caches should take up to 90 minutes to complete. Caches are near historical buildings and places of interest around Bailieborough town. They will bring you in a circuit starting and ending at the Market Square. You can however join in wherever suits. Please take extra care by busy roads, roundabouts and junctions - and in the case of this cache - the water!
Additional Hints
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NOP (juvpu jnfa'g zr ol gur jnl!)
Treasures
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