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Altitude: 477 m. ASL.
Region:
United Kingdom (UK) > Devon
Cache type: Traditional
Size: Small
Status:
Archived
Time required:
3:00 h
Distance to travel:
5.00 km
Date hidden: 15-05-2010
Date created: 15-05-2010
Date published: 15-05-2010
Last modification: 23-08-2020 
11 visitors 
2 x rated 
Rated as: n/a
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Description
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This cache has been placed near Brown’s House, in the upper reaches of the West Dart. The cache is well outside the firing range, so can be visited at anytime but if the flag is flying on Rough Tor (Merrivale Range) you won’t be able to walk past the range poles which stand to the West of Rough Tor. There is no pen/pencil in the cache. No swaps please. This cache has been put out within the DNPA’s guidelines for letterboxers. Brown’s house was a farmhouse built in 1812. The House lies on the edge of the West Dart River. A man called Dr Brown wished to enclose some Dartmoor land for improvement in 1810 but was a little premature in building his house before being granted a lease by the Duchy. Consequently his rent was fixed rather high and so he sold out within a year. Subsequent owners found it increasingly difficult to continue, so by 1830 it was abandoned. All that is left is a ruin (pile of stones) and the enclosure walls.
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