Coldham’s Common Rifle Butts Traditional Cache

This is an easy find cache with a nice walk around the reserve which had some surprising info on Coldham's Common that many people would never expect.

This is a regular tupaware container

These rifle butts, still evident on the eastern edge of the Common, reveal one part of Cambridge’s First World War history. They were used for the training of troops who would be sent to fight in the war against Germany, whilst the Common itself was a camp for soldiers on their way to the battlefields of Europe. Volunteer groups who had practiced their shooting skills on this spot for many years would form the 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment.

For more details please visit the Historyworks project websitewww.creatingmycambridge.com

Cache Placed with kind permission of Cambridge City Council Wildlife Officer