The Linn Traditional Cache
Professor Xavier: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. Please note that as this cache has now been archived by a reviewer or HQ staff it will NOT be unarchived.
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Ed
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A lovely walk up a popular Den.
Craighall Den was formed 17,000 years ago when the last ice sheet covering this part of Scotland began to decay.
Vast torrents of the uplands of the country carved a deep gulley in the soft sandstone to form the Den, before filling the Ceres valley. From there it spilled over the lip of the basin at Pitscottie and by the same process scoured out Dura Den on its way, eventually, to the sea.
More recently man has used the Den for pleasure grounds, for mineral extraction and timber growing. Each of these activities has left its traces and now people enjoy the Den for its unspoilt nature.
Here you can follow the steps down to "the Linn". This is the name of the deep pool fed by a waterfall. Local folklore has it that this pool is 'bottomless' or 'that there is a car in it'. Neither of which are likely to be accurate but as the water feeding this pool is cloudy due to the 'organic matter' being fed from both the surrounding farms and from the local foxhounds kennel, anything that discourages swimming is to be applauded!!
Trees that fall down in the Den are left to rot when possible to encourage insect life and so enhance the food chain.
As this cache has been set as part of the Langspoon Stirs Again it is not able to be logged till Friday April 3rd
Additional Hints
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Qba'g or fghzcrq.
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