Milwr and the Tunnel Traditional Cache
The_Westies: This one's had it's day. Time for it to go.
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(small)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
The Milwr tunnel is basically a drainage tunnel starting from a point near to Bagillt and driven inland for a distance of approximately 10 miles, dewatering all of the mines and caves in the area. The driving of the tunnel also revealed new Lodes of ore for mining.
The welsh word, Milwr is generally translated into English as soldier or warrior. I am not sure why this tiny village in the West of Flintshire came to have this name. Maybe someone reading this will know!
Associated with Milwr is the of course the Milwr Tunnel.
The Milwr tunnel was driven between 1897 and 1985 under Flintshire in North Wales. It successfully drained over 50 veins and created a labyrinth of over 60 miles of interconnected passageways. The water draining through this tunnel caused the River Alyn to dry up, and the caves Hesp Alyn and Poachers to empty.
Access to the tunnel is gained via the 400ft deep Olwyn Gogh shaft at Rhydymyn via a series of wooden ladders. To gain entrance to the Milwr tunnel, you have to join the Grosvenor caving club, who are the only people allowed down under some act of parliament, as the tunnel is now owned by the water companies.
The Public Footpath sign leading to the cache can be a little difficult to spot. Park at N53.15.266 W003.12.672 and walk up the road until you reach the stone wall of the house. Opposite this, is the footpath.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SIGN THE LOGBOOK WHEN YOU FIND THIS CACHE. WE WILL DELETE ANY LOGS WHERE THIS REQUIREMENT HAS NOT BEEN MET AS IT IS THE PROOF THAT YOU HAVE FOUND IT.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ol gur frpbaq fgvyr haqre fbzr ebpxf.
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures