The cache is a small plastic container with a logbook and a few
small items. You'll need to bring a pen for this one.
Hamilton Hamilton Grave Click here to
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*Elizabeth Hamilton's grandfather (Claud Hamilton), his
second wife Hon. Henrietta Anne Bruce and two of their children,
Nora and Anne Henrietta were all originally buried in the small
graveyard, sheltered in the small wood.*
Henrietta Anne Bruce
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Trail - Close-up map - Click here to
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History:
Cochno was the seat of a family of a branch of the Hamilton family
from as early as the middle of the 16th century. Cochno estate
house was designed by the architect John Adam and built around 1757
to replace an earlier house erected by the Hamiltons of Cochno. It
was then extended in 1842. The house is a deep-plan, seven-bay
pavillion roofed of classical distinction.
Cochna/Cochno House
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Descriptions:
Cochno farm is now a working, studying, money making farm owned by
the Glasgow College of Veterinary. The farm is just over 850 acres
in size and includes the Black Loch (some say it contains a German
bomber from WWII).
(Photo Credits: http://www.christie-meats.co.uk/)
Please take the time to explore the Cochno Estate and see Cochno
House as well as the abandoned farm buildings just North of the
Cochno House.
Recommended for wildlife enthusiastics, photographers and
historians.
*Please note - the coordinates given won't take you directly
to the cache. These coordinates will lead you to the area where you
then must find the cache. :)*
Enjoy!
References:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/faculties/vet/cochno/
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rquam/Photopages/2003-2004/cochnofarm.htm