Loch Eck View (A Lovely Jubilee) Traditional Cache
Loch Eck View (A Lovely Jubilee)
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(regular)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Loch Eck View
This loch is said to have derived its name from a great calamity (airc) that happened there of old, through the freaks of "Caileach Bheir", a famous mountain nymph. The original site of the loch is said to have once been a fertile valley, and this fatal incident occurred in harvest time, when Bera and her assistant Balach were preparing dinner for the reapers. She sent Balach to the sacred well for water, but he forgot to secure a charmed cap or lid to the well. The waters gushed forth, flooding the valley and overwhelming the reapers.
For many years there was a small steamer on the loch - the S.S. "Fairy Queen". The remains of the pier can still be seen at the head of the loch. This service ran in the 1800s until the First World War, resuming again in 1918, but ceasing to run in 1926. Loch Eck has supplied the water for Dunoon since the summer of 1977
Park at near by car park.
Take in the sites and then find the cache!!
One of the most scenic views of Loch Eck can be seen from this spot.
Take sometime to look around the point as on a nice day it's something special.
Although this is a fairly easy cache site , if the water in the loch is very high it can be close to the water edge so please be carefull with young children.
Enjoy
Patchthefish
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre n ynetr ebpx fyvtugyl hc gur fybcr.
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures