A lovely spot to stop and have a picnic!
The Pirner's Brig was so named as it was built in the early
1900s from a donation by Henry Coates, a west coast businessman
whos family had made its fortune from the manufacture of sewing
reels, bobbins and threads. The scots word for a bobbin is a pirn
hence the name Pirner's Bridge. His family had a hunting lodge
nearby and the bridge as well as being very handy for the locals
was also used by the hunting parties. The bridge crosses a gorge
along the West Water, the river which flows through Glen Lethnot
and which eventually joins the South esk just south of Edzell.
Unfortunately the bridge has in recent years fallen into
disrepair. In the last year (2008) it was eventually closed to the
public with barriers erected to prevent crossing.
Although you don't need to go down the steps by the car park to
the waters edge to reach the cache, it is a lovely spot to sit with
your sarnies and flask.
We are told that the path to the cache gets quite overgrown with
ferns in the summer!!!
Cache is a 0.35 litre lock n lock box
