GC1N8EA A Coastal Donder - West Wemyss Harbour (Traditional Cache) in Northern Scotland, United Kingdom created by over the fence

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Over the Fence: had its time

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A cache by over the fence Message this owner

Hidden : 4/1/2009

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Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

A wee donder along parts of the coastal path in Fife. Some of the route is in the towns and villages, some on the old disused railway and the rest on the beach.

This cache has been placed for the Langspoon Event and should not be logged until Friday the 3rd April..

West Wemyss harbour dates from 1512 and one of the earliest records is an unfortunate one from 1590 when a ship docked from England. The crew carried the plague which spread throughout Fife devastating the population. In the early years of this century, enormous amounts of coal were exported from the harbour but the expansion of Methil Docks meant that West Wemyss harbour fell into disuse. It is now silted up and parts of it filled in and landscaped.

Look for the blocked off entrance to a tunnel through the red sandstone rock. This 1 km long tunnel was a link to the Hugo Pit at Coaltown of Wemyss. It was blocked off after children got lost in it and had to be rescued. There are other bricked up arches which used to hold the stables for the pit ponies.
Fulmar are usually present on the sandstone cliffs as you enter the village.
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