This is one of three caches that we have placed along the route to Force Crag Mine.
Thomas is a five year old boy who loves geocaching and wanted to place his own caches for other children to find. Therefore we have placed these three caches along a pushchair friendly route. There are no caches at the mine itself, as this is a scheduled ancient monument, but we hope that by placing them along the track it will help make the walk to the mine all the more interesting.
Special thanks for Roy Henderson, National Trust ranger for his kind permission, help and advice on placing these caches.
You are looking for a medium sized clip lock container.
From Visit Cumbria: Force Crag Mine was the last working metal mine in the Lake District, prior to its final abandonment in 1991. The site was mined for lead from 1839 until 1865, and for zinc and barytes from 1867. The job of the mill was to separate these minerals from each other, and from any other minerals and the country rock. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and a geological SSSI (site of special scientific interest). The mine occupies a spectacular location at the head of the remote Coledale Valley, 7 km west of Keswick above Braithwaite.