Knock Hill Traditional Cache
Gruff: I agree with FractalFlutter, this one is beyond saving due to inaccessibility problems.
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Not The Knockhill, the one just outside Bridge of Allan!
I parked in the car park of the Lecropt kirk. It’s the church you can see just up the hill as you drive along the motorway past Stirling going towards Dunblane. It’s a something or other Gothic something or other type of church and is probably worth a look around.
The name Carse of Lecropt has always fascinated me – I think we should have a competition to hide a cache at the place with the weirdest name!
Apparently in Scottish geography, a Carse (the modern form of older Scots kerse) is an area of low-lying, typically alluvial and fertile land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as the River Forth, where it contrasts with the Ochil Hills to the north, from which it is separated by the Ochil Fault. The carse is generally so flat that, except in the case of alluvial fans, such as that on which the small town of Alva is situated, it has only reached a height of about 9 metres above sea level at the Ochil Fault, typically two or more miles from the river. In the case of the River Forth, the carse extends some considerable distance above and below Stirling, where due to constraints such as the Abbey Craig to the north and the castle rock, on which the town is based, to the south, it is very narrow. The carse is typically good agricultural land, however underlying the topsoil and alluvium is glacial boulder clay. In other places, especially in the west, the carse was overlain by peat bogs such as Flanders Moss, much of which has been cleared to improve agriculture.
From the car park I crossed the road near the bus stop and went into the field through the open gate. Be extremely careful crossing the road. Unfortunately a motorcyclist was killed on this corner recently.
At the top of the field you’ll need to cross a fence but it is low in places. Before you go into the trees turn and look south. There’s a great view of both the Wallace Monument and Stirling castle, which you don’t often get together. My photo doesn’t do it justice, as it was overcast the day I went up.
Through the woods at the top of the hill you’ll find a mossy old trig point. The cache is near here. There’s a visual clue (that might not remain) to help you!
This is a really useful cache and contains loads of things that you usually find on the end of aisles at the supermarket, such as; a ball of string, a potato peeler, a tea strainer, some door wedges, a pastry brush, some pegs, a car seat tidy bag, disposable gloves, some post-it notes and some candles.
Nearby (check your map) there are the remains of an old hill fort.
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Frira zrgerf ebhtuyl fbhgu bs gur gevt cbvag
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