Dasher's Den Traditional Cache
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Dasher's Den is the name of a large cleft in the rocks south of Portpatrick harbour. The cache is hidden close to Dasher's Den and there is a small car park close by at N54°50.317 W005°06.942 and a larger car park 400 metres away at N54°50.406 W005°07.027.
Dashers’s Den is the large cleft in the rocks bordered by safety rails. During stormy weather the sea pounds its way right up the cleft.
It is called Dasher’s Den after the Paddle Steamship SS Dasher was wrecked here in December 1830 while trying to enter Portpatrick Harbour.
The cache is a little further on from Dasher’s Den close to a viewpoint over the North Channel. On a clear day the Isle of Man can be seen to the south as well as the Mull of Galloway, the most southerly point of Scotland.
Stone from the neighbouring cliffs was quarried out when the harbour was built in the 1820’s. At the time Portpatrick was the main port serving the mail route from Scotland to Northern Ireland.
There is more information on the history of the Harbour in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website (visit link)
To find the cache - go to the viewpoint and turn your back to the sea. The cache is located amongst the large rocks on the right hand side of the footpath.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ng gur svsgu ynetr ebpx ba gur evtug orfvqr gur cngu ybbx haqre gur ebpx orfvqr vg ba gur vaynaq (pyvss) fvqr.
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