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 Log entries Bartlow Hills (Historic site)    {{found}} 4x {{not_found}} 0x {{log_note}} 1x  

6234 2021-12-29 08:33 sandvika (user activity105) - Archived

The cache has been archived.

6233 2021-12-29 08:29 sandvika (user activity105) - Note

A local geocacher has adopted this historic cache on Groundspeak but sadly the ammo box and all the logs back to 2001 were muggled. The new owner decided to replace it with a micro-cache and since it had been an ammo box for almost 20 years I feel it has lost too much for me to continue to cross-list it.

4144 2017-07-28 15:46 Clive8 (user activity1) - Found it

Nice sized container. Nice easy find. Tftc.

2344 2012-06-17 15:30 nick_h_nz (user activity16) - Found it

We came to this cache by way of the nearby TC, a route I can highly recommend. Parking is easy by the church, and it is a nice walk to the barrows from there, passing over the old railway. This is the first time I have been to the barrows, and it is amazing how they are virtually unknown, and therefore unvisited. I first saw this cache when I was looking at NC many moons ago, and was pleased to see it was cross-listed on OC. To be honest, I didn't realise it was also on GS until now.  In one sense this is good, as it will be sure to bring more people to this hidden gem, but in another, I feel it is a shame as what an awesome cache this would be if it were unique to this site? TFTC - we loved it! Smile

23 2009-08-13 00:00 Amberel (user activity610) - Found it

Logged on 25/08/2009 after visiting the cache earlier this month.

As I arrived, a family group was coming back to their car, so I visited the Hills first. An amazing sight, words can't really convey the scale of these things. Regrettably the steps are broken, and while it would have been easy for a geocacher to negotiate them, or to climb the barrow by other means, I felt this would have been unsympathetic to the site. While I was therefore unable to see them from the top, they were pretty impressive from the bottom.

I then made my way back to the cache location, where the cache was lying in pretty much full view. Now that I knew where it was, something that happened earlier then made sense - some of the children in the family group I saw at the start had shouted "let's go and look at it", and they had gone to where I now knew to be the location of the cache.

Despite being in the open, the cache had not been vandalised. I tried to repair the broken catch, but suspect my repair won't last long. I also hid it rather better than before, but it's still only rather delicate stick-o-flage and leaves.

Thanks for bringing me to a very interesting place, I really enjoyed this one.

Rgds, Andy

1759 2007-12-06 12:00 geotrowel (user activity2) - Found it

I'd been here before on a Colchester Archaeological Trust trip… absolutely fascinating place. Had the same problem that I experienced the last time I was here; Gerti Vo (at least I think that's her name), my constant companion, prevented me from getting to the top of the barrow. It's a real pain, especially when you've got the interest in Roman history that I have!

Anyway, after easing myself down the wooden steps, I endeavoured to locate the cache… it took me quite some time, I have to say! It wasn't totally covered and it was still virtually invisible. The top wasn't locked, but the contents were still dry… good old ammo boxes!

Many thanks for a brilliant cache!