The White Tower Traditional Cache
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Headline co-ordinates are NOT at the cache. Park at N54 41.872,W 004 21.747 (or anywhere nearby). Wander through the village and do your Grand Old Duke of York impression.
Pilgrims from Spain, France, Brittany, Wales, Scandinavia and Ireland arrived at Isle of Whithorn on their way to visit the shrine of Bishop Ninian at Whithorn Priory. For them the Isle of Whithorn was the start of their pilgrimage through the cradle of Christianity in northern Europe. For other pilgrims who had covered long miles by land from the north, the Isle was the end of their journey and the beginning of their way home.
Standing with feet in Scotland a pilgrim can see five Kingdoms - Scotland, England, Ireland and the Isle of Man make four. The fifth? As a local saying has it, "look above you - Heaven is all around".
The original cache took its name from the white tower on the headland near the priory. Sadly, it was muggled (the cache, not the tower) so we moved it (the cache, not the tower) towards another, smaller, white tower. Near the tower (not the cache) is a memorial to the men lost in the Solway Harvester disaster, nearly all of whom came from the village. While there, see if you can find the compass on the ground.
Park anywhere in the village and walk into Laigh Isle either along the shore or by the road. Cross the wall by the stile at N54 42.057, W4 21.635 and walk up the hill, keeping the wall on your left. You may need to take care once through the gate after a few hundred metres as there are often cattle and/or sheep towards the top of the hill.
At the top of the hill there is one of the lowest trig points in the UK. A small plaque on the side will give you some useful numbers - ABCD. The actual cache is at N54 4B.1C5, W(B+D) B1.(A/D)44.
The cache is a small tupperware tub containing the usual swops. The "Bubble" TB started and will end her journey here.
Additional Hints
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Tebhaq yriry haqre n ynetr ebpx, uvqqra ol fznyyre fgbarf, Cyrnfr erpbire gb nibvq qvfpbirel ol zhttyrf