Navigation Wall Traditional Geocache
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This is a nano cache placed near the remains of a flagstaff that once marked the entrance to the Port of Cork. The flagstaff was placed at the end of a wall that extended from what is now city hall to a point close to here. A Brass plaque records the height of what was once a prominent feature of Cork Port.
The Cache itself is a small plastic cap containing a log roll. Bring your own Pen !
This is a popular walking and picnic area on the banks of the river Lee, There is ample car parking in the immediate area.
In the 1860's this area was very different. It was possible to walk directly to the city centre along a wall that formed the south bank of the river Lee.
The marina that extends from here to Blackrock pier was yet to be built and this flagstaff stood at the end of a wall surrounded by water on the north and flooded slob to the south.
Much of the land to the south from the City hall to Blackrock Castle is reclaimed slob land.
In the 1760's, Cork Corporation began the construction of the Navigation Wall, which was also called the New Wall. The Navigation Wall was built to prevent the silting up of the river channel with mud.
By the middle of the nineteenth century Cork Harbour Commissioners began dredging the river to allow larger ships, access to the city quay's. The dredged-up material was deposited behind the Navigation Wall.
This deposit of compacted mud and silt eventually formed the Marina promenade which was completed in 1870
The Gaelic poet and scholar Donncha Ó Floinn suggested to the Corporation that the new promenade be named Slí na hAbhann, which means the 'pathway by the river'. Ó Floinn's proposal was defeated.
The matter came before the Improvements Committee again in 1872. This time Ó Floinn suggested that the promenade be named 'The Marina'. He pointed out that 'The Marina' was the name given to recently reclaimed land near Palermo in Sicily. In July 1872, Cork Corporation formally adopted 'The Marina' as the name of the new promenade.
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