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Hidden Depths - Geocache Trails

Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. 

Suitable for all ages, and with little impact on the environment, the idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, and then share your experiences online. 

Click here to visit the international geocaching website for more information.


Now you can join in the hunt in the Tamar Valley with the Hidden Depths Geocache Trails - located along parts of the Tamar Trails, part of the Tamar Valley Mining Heritage Project.

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This Geo-cache Trail is a series of three Caches followed by a fourth Bonus Cache around the Devon Great Consols. You will need to go to the 3 Caches in order to collect information that will enable you to find the Bonus Cache.

The Devon Great Consols lies within the heart of the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, one of the most treasured landscapes in England, and the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.  Devon Great Consols was once the greatest copper mine in Europe. Complete the trail and discover just a few of the reasons why this site is so special locally and internationally.

In the mid 19th century the largest unbroken copper lode in the south west of England was discovered. The richness of the ore caused a sensation and was so abundant that it was difficult to store. The Devon Great Consols soon became the most productive copper mine in Europe. At its peak it employed 1000 men, women and children.

Today, it is still managed as a working woodland, but with the aid of the Heritage Lottery Fund, a network of recreational trails have been created to open up access to this piece of history, and it is along these trails that this series of Caches have been placed.

We hope you enjoy this Geo-cache. To help keep yourself and others safe, and the sites you pass through special, please follow the Tamar Trails Code of Conduct. Please do not remove the ink stamps from the geocache boxes, thank you.