This replaces a cache that I placed a few years ago but it was archived due to people not being able to find it and me not getting to the site to check it was still in place due to having the two smallest Davenger boys! We have now placed this as part of the Davenger boys Scout Geocaching badge
You are standing in the heart of the sandfields. Davenger mum grew up on this street and although it has changed much in the 40 odd years the memories it holds are very special.
We will signpost you to lots of fun facts about the Sandfields which will hopefully help you find the cache
You may want to check the directions for where you are as there are two Sandfields in the area.. The other being in Port Talbot
Sandfields is a district in Swansea, Wales bounded by St. Helen's Road to the north, Oystermouth Road and Swansea Bay to the south and Dillwyn Street to the east. The area is adjacent to and immediately west of Swansea city centre. The district does not exist officially as a geographical area or a local authority community area as the name comes from the fact it is near the beach. The original Sandfields covered a larger area than it does now, derived from the area known as 'The Burrows' which extended from Brynmill Lane in the west up to the West Pier by the mouth of the River Tawe.
Although the signs are gone now not far from here was the Vetch Field football ground, home of Swansea City A.F.C. from the club's formation in 1912 until its 2005 move to the Liberty Stadium in Landore. Prior to it's move Davenger mum would regularly come home from school on Tuesdays to find police in the house as her mum used to invite them in for tea (being an ex police typist!) Sadly in August 2011 it was confirmed by Swansea Council that the former football ground would be demolished and the Swans would find a different direction at the Liberty Stadium. The site was then turned into a park with some of it signposted for an initiative called Vetch Veg (an allotment site which started off a year long cultural olympiad project by local artist Owen Griffiths). This is now a permanent community garden and green space Davenger mum used to have a bed here for a while before the davenger boys arrived!
Not far from here is the Trafalgar Arch (although there is no sign for this) an opening in an old railway embankment. Dylan Thomas' short story 'Just Like Little Dogs' was set entirely under this archway. A new road sign stands close by which is one of many along the prom that holds the name of the stops on the old Mumbles railway
On the foreshore, behind the Civic Centre, prehistoric fish traps and possible track ways have been found, estimated to be over 5,000 years old. Although these are not considered to be located within the modern Sandfields district, they signpost that the area has been populated for thousands of years.
Thank you for visiting our cache... Why not head down onto Oystermouth Road now and find the other caches on the prom.
Happy caching