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"Burghfield was a pre-Roman
Celtic settlement. The are ancient earthworks across the parish,
particularly around Pingewood, which preserves the old Celtic word
'pen' meaning head, peak, tip or end. The 'ge' is a contraction of
'coed', Celtic for wood. When the Saxons moved into the area in the
5th century, they did not understood the meaning and added their
own descriptive word 'wood' on the end. Burghfield itself is Saxon
for 'Hill Field'. The village is built on the slopes of of
Burghfield Hill, but such a name seems a bit unlikely. It's
possible that the prefix is a corruption of an earlier lost Celtic
word; or it may refer to a Bronze Age burial barrow rather than a
hill. There were once several in the parish. One excavated example
was even used by the Saxons as the focus for a small
cemetery."
--
David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire
History
A more in depth
write-up on Burghfield's history can be found at Burghfield
& it's 'Cunning' Residents by David Nash Ford.
Now for
the cache...
Being a resident of
Burghfield, I found it only right to hide a cache here. The site
itself is in a copse on a public bridleway between two main
roads... Reading Road and Clayhill Road. Unlike a lot of
bridleways, this one isn't used by horses. To be honest, I don't
think it's used by anyone!
You are looking for
a green ammo box with the geocaching logo painted on the side. It's
quite close to the path, so you won't have to stray too
far.
Roadside parking is
normally available for a couple of cars at N 51º 24.351 W 001º
03.364. It is at the junction of Clayhill Road and Chestnut Drive
where the road onto our estate was blocked to prevent 'through
traffic'. Jolly good idea I thought!
Original
contents...
I've tried to
include items that I think a geocacher might find
useful:
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Emergency
Beacon - just in case
-
Pack of 4 lithium
batteries - always handy
-
Cold weather
operations survival guide - cache all through winter... and in
the arctic
-
Pen torch - a
spot of night caching?
-
Pack of water
balloons - a spot of summer caching?
-
Pack of 'Post-It'
notes - leave those print-outs at home... keep waypoints
instead
-
Toy car - one
for the kids
-
Toy dinosaur
(Dimetrodon) - another for the kids
-
Ants in 'yer
pants travel bug - take him on your travels
We hope
you enjoy finding our cache -
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Please do not change
the location of the cache
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Ensure you have
re-hidden the cache properly
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Be careful not to
disturb the copse unnecessarily
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Take your litter
with you
Have fun!
Ratty & Son
P.S.
The damaged overhead phone cables have been
reported.
Hello peeps! Check this
out... As of 9th February 2005, my four Burghfield caches now
contain a co-ordinate based clue. Once you have collected all four
clues you will be able to find a fifth and final Burghfield cache -
a mystery
cache which goes by the name
'A Certain Glow' (GCMR26). The clues are on small laminated
pieces of paper and are located with the log-book (or in the
micro-cache!).
Those who found any of
our caches before the 9th February 2005 can drop me an email and
I'll send you that clue. Those who found any of our caches after
this date and don't have the clue... tough! You'll have to go back
again! He he he...