Jocks Road - Jocks Scots Roots Traditional Cache
Jocks Road - Jocks Scots Roots
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This area was once part of the Caledonian Forest which is the name of a type of woodland that once covered vast areas of the Highlands of Scotland 9000 years ago. Today, however, only 1% of the original forest survives, in 35 isolated locations.
The only evidence in this area is the exposed roots of the Scots Pines in an eroded Peat Hag, which could bbe as old as 8000 years or as young as 4000 years. Please take care the peat can sook you in?
The Story of Jocks Road
Duncan Macpherson, a rich Scot, returned from his stay in Australia in the late 19th century to buy the Glen Doll Estate and immediately put a ban on people traversing his land, upsetting many folks such as shepherds for example. A certain John Winter (thus the name Jock) defied his ban, resulting in the Scottish Right of Way Society setting up right of way signs on the estate and after many a court battle, going all the way to the House of Lords, Macpherson eventually lost his battle in 1888, leaving both him and the Right of Way people bankrupt.
Background Artwork by S of Team Clova
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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