The Sidlaws....Craigowl 1 Traditional Cache
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The Sidlaws....Craigowl 1
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**This is a new but old cache**
This is the 1st of 2 caches..this used to be a cache and dash down the road abit but nosey residents put a stop to that and kept removing it so i have replaced it up the road....Since you have come this far you may as well carry on up for "The Sidlaws....Craigowl 2" my other cache and "The Sidlaws" series by the Turnupstuffers..a fine walk along the ridge indeed with great views..have fun and take a picnic.
There is a sign at the begining of this road stating that it is a "Private Road"....this is for vehicles only so you may continue on foot/bike if you wish...
Take care if the gates are closed and one has to climb over the walls using the stiles provided as they may not be very stable....
A summit towards the eastern end of the Sidlaw Hills in Angus, Craigowl Hill represent the highest point in the range, reaching a height of 455m (1492 feet) northeast of Kirkton of Auchterhouse. The hill is crowned by a variety of communications masts.
The Sidlaws are a range of hills of volcanic origin in the counties of Perthshire and Angus in Scotland that extend for 30 miles (45 km) from Kinnoull Hill, near Perth, northeast to Forfar. Law is a Lowland Scots word of Old English origin meaning a hill which rises sharply from the surrounding land. The element 'sid' probably derives from the Scottish Gaelic sidhe, meaning 'fairy', referring to the prehistoric barrows still visible on various of the hills, thought in folk-belief to be homes of these supernatural being.
Principal peaks within the Sidlaw Hills include Ark Hill and Kings Seat
Points of interest include Dunsinane mentioned in Shakespere`s play Macbeth, and Auchterhouse Hill, which was the site of an ancient hill fort. The highest of the Sidlaw Hills is Craigowl Hill, Adjacent to Craigowl Hill is Gallow Hill, on the side of which is located the Angus transmitting station which provides television and radio services to the region
Nearby historical features to the north include Glamis Castle and the Eassie Stone a carved Pictish cross slab-stone (now situated in a ruined church in the village of Eassie) .
The British Telecom microwave relay station on top of Craigowl Hill provided intelligence-gathering facilities for the US National Security Agency from 1963 onwards and may still do. The activities of the NSA at Craigowl were secret until 1980 and despite a public outcry were not denied. Craigowl was linked to the NSA's electronic monitoring station at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire.
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