Cairneyhill Multi-Cache
Lorgadh: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache, I'm archiving it.
Karen
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Coordinates are for the first clue and NOT the actual cache.
Cairneyhill is a small village in west of Fife, somes 3 miles west of Dunfermline, on the A994.
It is unknown why the village adopted it’s name, as it is built on a relatively flat area. About 3 miles north lies a local landmark called Cairneil Hill which may provide an insight as to the origins of the name, however, old maps dating prior to the 1800’s show the village to be called Pitdinny or Pitdinnie. This name appears to the north of the village with a local farm and a road leading to the neighbouring village of Carnock using it.
The village grew in the 18th century as a settlement for local weavers and comprised of only the Main Street where Weaver’s houses were built and laterly the parish church which is still used today. The coordinates provided are not that of the cache, but the location of the first clue in this short multi-cache. It is also close for TheShankland’s Hilton Woods cache (GC2B5KJ) which is nearby.
Head south on Pitdinnie Road until you reach the Main Street. Here you will see the local church.
Cairneyhill Parish Church was built in 1752 and until then the inhabitents of Cairneyhill, which at that time was a mear hamlet would have to travel to Crombie for worship. The ruins of the church at Crombie can still be seen to this day and are situated near to novicejock’s Crombie Point cache (GC17F7D). Cairneyhill Church was a hotbed of dissenters and the village was a central point for the religious disputes in Scotland in the early 19th Century. How many windows are on the north side of the church (a).
Now walk west along the Main Street and you should come to the war memorial on the north side. Cairneyhill has greatly expanded over the years and now has a population in excess of two and a half thousand. At the time of the great wars the population would more likely of been a few hundred. Count the number of deceased servicemen on the main pillar of the memorial (b7).
Continue your walk west where you will see a public telephone box. What is the telephone number (0138388c3d5)
From here you should see the local garden centre. To the east of the garden centre you will see the origional weavers’ cottages. What is the door number of the cottage next door and east of the garden centre (e1).
Keep walking west past the shops and houses, you will eventually arive at a bridge over the Tory Burn called ‘Conscience Bridge’ The bridge obtained it’s name from a local legend whereby a murderer who was caught on the bridge confessed his crimes, then hung himself. The bridge has been widened over the years with only the north parapet remaining origional. If you lean over the parapet you will see the name of the bridge carved into the stone alone with a date. What is the date (188f).
Cache is located at N 56,0a.6cf W 003,3b.e(d+4)e
Additional Hints
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oruvaq onfr bs gerr