Logging requirements:
To log this virtual cache, you MUST add at least 2 photos to your log, one from each location.
- Either inside or outside the Battery Observation Post, (which is where the headline coordinates are).
- From the lower path with the lighthouse in the background. (See lighthouse waypoint) (Pictures from above are not accepted).
Your photos must include one of the following:
- A photo of yourself or team member (you do not have to show your face in the picture)
- A part of your body in the picture e.g. top of your head/tattoo
- A photo of your separate GPS device if you use one
- Your geocaching name on a piece of paper/phone (clearly visible)
Failure to follow the logging requirements could mean your log being deleted.
Cache is placed with kind permission from the N.Trust ranger Harry.
St Anthony Head and St Anthony Lighthouse.
St Anthony Head is situated at the southernmost tip of the Roseland Peninsula, overlooking the entrance to one of the world's largest natural harbours. Carrick Roads and the estuary of River Fal.
It is owned by the National Trust, who preserve the former St Anthony Battery, built in 1895–97 to defend the estuary of the River Fal.
The headland is designated as part of Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach and Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
At its tip lies St Anthony's Lighthouse.
St Anthony's Lighthouse (Cornish: Golowji Entenin) is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
The lighthouse was designed by James Walker and built in 1835 by Olver of Falmouth, for Trinity House and the original light came from eight Argand oil lamps mounted on a revolving frame. The light was seen to flash once every twenty seconds.
An electric light was introduced when electricity was connected to the lighthouse in 1954. At the same time an experimental electric fog signal was introduced, sounding from 35 Tannoy emitters (subsequently Trinity House installed fog signals of this type at a dozen or so other lighthouses). The fog bell, which hung from the gallery at the front of the tower, was therefore decommissioned; it was donated to the nearby Penwerris church, but after many years of sitting on the church front lawn, was taken away to be melted down.
St. Anthony's lighthouse was featured in the intro of the UK version of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, as "The Fraggle Rock Lighthouse". It also featured in one episode of Ragdoll Productions' preschool series; Tots TV.
You can also visit other parts of the battery, where there is a gun emplacement and on top there is a small metal plaque that directs you to look at various places listed on it.
You can also walk from here to Place House and church, and also walk to Portscatho along the coastal path.
It is a steep walk down to the lighthouse, with an uneven track as tree roots are under the path, so sensible shoes are advised, and it can be very muddy on the track to the observation post.
Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024-2025
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between January 17, 2024 and January 17, 2025. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 4.0 on the Geocaching Blog.