The cache is a plastic paintball canister with camo wrapped around
it.
It will be quite difficult to locate this as the overhead trees
cause the gps to make the accuracy go sky high!
It Contains:
- Torch
- Metal whistle
- Poker chip (sorry but no casino round here will accept
it!)
- 10 African Rand note (equiv to £1)
- a marble
- a dice
Location Information
Rothamsted Park was formally part of the Rothamsted estate owned by
Sir John Lawes, a descendant of the
Wittewronge family who bought the Manor of Rothamsted in
1623.
Sir John initiated agricultural experiments in 1843, which led to
the founding of the nearby and world famous Rothamsted Experimental
Station. He also created the formal entrance from
Leyton Road
to what is now the Park and planted the avenue of Lime
trees.
In 1931, the family decided to sell the estate, and after a
successful public appeal, the Experimental Station was able to
finance its purchase of the estate in 1934.
In 1938 the Harpenden Urban District Council purchased the land now
known as
Rothamsted
Park
from the Experimental Station, in order to provide playing fields
and to preserve an important open space.
The Park’s main entrance gates were
removed for salvage during the second world war and after the war
the restoration of the entrance was paid for by the Friends
Provident Insurance Comany.
