This cache is part of the Tonteg Trail. The trail will take you to few interesting, historic places around the Tonteg area. The trail is family (and dog) friendly.
Tonteg is a semi-rural village approximately ten miles north of Cardiff. Tonteg lies on a ridge high above the river Taff which flows from Merthyr Tydfil to the sea at Cardiff. The village is in the parish of Llantwit Fardre, an area which can trace its history back to the Bronze Age.
This first cache is located at the north of the village, inside one of the many housing estates surrounding the old, Tonteg hospital. The hospital was originally an isolation hospital treating contagious diseases. Nowadays, there is a separate, modern, building which provides mental health care and other services. It was built in 1912 as it was out in the country and considered a healthy place for patients to recover. Today the original hospital is in disuse.
If you have any questions about the cache, trail, or local history, please feel free to give me a message!
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