The cache is within the area of MAMHEAD, which is a small parish of scattered houses, chiefly on the western acclivities of a bold eminence, 3 miles west of Starcross, and 4 miles northeast of Chudleigh.
Mamhead Park has a large and handsome mansion in the Elizabethan style (and can be seen from the cache area) was built by Sir Peter Balle, an eminent loyalist who died in 1680, aged 82.
It was afterwards the seat of the two last Earls of Lisburne. The house stands on a rising knoll at the junction of three narrow valleys, opening towards the coast, and backed with a high woody ridge of Haldon. . . . On the lofty wooded summit of Mamhead Point, stands a noble obelisk of Portland stone, built by Thos. Balle, Esq., about 1742. The Church stands in the park, and is a neat structure with a tower and five bells. The views from here on a clear day are outstanding!
The cache is large enough to leave suitable swaps (NO FOOD, SWEETS OR ANYTHING A CHILD SHOULD NOT HANDLE), if retrieving an item please replace with a similar value + DO NOT UPLOAD PHOTOS OF THE CACHE ITSELF OR ITS HIDING PLACE = SUCH PHOTOS WILL BE DELETED WITH THE LOG BY THE CACHE OWNER.
Enjoy the cache.
