The Town Pound Letterbox
Hillsborough Center, New Hampshire

Planted July 20, 2002 by rtrw and HEA (inspired and motivated by CERK)

Distance - a stone's throw
Time - ten minutes?
Difficulty - not as easy as I had planned, but easyish.

In 1769, Colonel John Hill, a masonian proprietor, "granted forever" a
tract of land in and around this triangle plot of land to the first
settled minister Reverend Jonathan Barnes, providing locations for the
church, meeting house, minister's homestead, school, town pound,
training field, and burying ground. Worthy of note is that descendants
of the original grantee still occupy many of these 18th and 19th
century homes.

To find the starting point, go to downtown Hillsboro where Routes 149
and 9 intersect. At the traffic light, head north for 3.3 miles. You
will pass the schools and some lovely farms. At approximately 3.1
miles you will have an opportunity at a fork to veer left onto East
Washington Road. Please do that. The town pound is the stony
structure just beyond the schoolhouse on the left.

Hop out of your car and check out our cool town pound. Imagine the
unclaimed livestock waiting to be redeemed by their owners.

Standing right next to the southeastern point of the pound, head 20
paces (40 steps) at 210 degrees. You will need to step around several
obstacles, so keep that in mind as you go. You are looking for a tree
that resembles a quirky bunny with very long, thick ears, an antelope,
or an upside down lower case "h". The planters could not reach
consensus as to what this interesting tree looked like. There is
currently an old log resting between the ears/antlers. You will know
it when you see it.

Now head at 235 degrees from the creature tree for 6 paces. You are
looking for a rock that could be a ramp.