This cache was inspired by a trip to Canada, where we encountered a puzzle cache like this for the first time. We had so much fun figuring it out, we thought we'd bring the concept home with us to share with cachers in Ireland. There is a bit of a puzzle to solve in order to figure out how to unlock the logbook. We hope you enjoy this golf-themed cache hidden within an ammo can. Please replace it correctly.
A few hundred meters away from this cache you can view the Octagon, which was built by the La Touche family in 1766 and was designed by Enoch Johnson. It has extensive views of the Great Sugarloaf and of a rock on the glen’s western side from which highwaymen were said to have been hanged in the 18th century. It became a venue for raves and antisocial behaviour in recent years, with damage caused to the structure both by vegetation and vandalism.
A National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) conservation project, costing €280,000, was completed in 2023 in tandem with the removal of encroaching vegetation. The Octagon is one of the few remnants of the Bellevue estate developed by the La Touche family, who were prominent bankers in Ireland in the 1700 and 1800s.
Congrats to theswerve for FTF!