Thing Sites: Delting Traditional Geocache
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This cache is part of the official Thing Sites GeoTour. A small lock'n'lock box capable of containing logbook, pencil and small swappable items.
Thing sites, from the Old Norse Þing, are the early assemblies found throughout Northern Europe as a result of our shared Norse heritage.
When the Vikings and early Norse settlers arrived in a new place they brought with them their customs and legal systems. Political decisions were made at the thing, laws upheld and disputes settled. Proceedings were overseen by the local ruler and the law-speaker (judge), whose job was to memorise and recite the law. At some things, known as Althings, any free man was entitled to vote. At others - Lawthings - the crown and local communities acted together to interpret the law.
The thing was also a focus for religious activity, as well as trade and exchange. At Thingvellir in Iceland you can still see the remains of the booths, or huts, where traders came to do business with people attending the meeting.
The thing system for sharing and legislating power can still be recognised today. Several things continue to be active. The Icelandic parliament is still known as the Althing, the Norwegian parliament is called the Storting and the Faroese parliament goes by the name of Løgting. The Manx parliament, known as Tynwald, still holds a midsummer court on the thing mound at Tynwald Hill every year.
The Thing Sites GeoTour has placed caches in and around the locations of Norse and Viking assembly sites in Norway, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland, Highland Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Follow in the footsteps of the Vikings, and explore some of these fascinating sites.
Often we know very little about a thing site beyond the place name. The parish name Delting suggests that there may have been a thing held somewhere in Dale, but there are no documents relating to it's existence. Local stories say that the thing was held here at the head of the voe on the small promontory known as Gulness. The location can be see at the end of the field behind the nearby house, just beyond a small plantation of trees.
Park at the head of the drive next to the interpretation board, taking care not to block access to the houses. There are two ways to approach this cache. Either proceed down the drive and through the access gate at the top next to the house. This route involves crossing a style and fording a stream. Alternatively continue along the road until you reach the access sign next to a ruined croft building. Enter the plantation through the gate.
Fields can occasionally contain livestock, please close all gates behind you, stick to field boundary pathways and keep dogs on a lead.
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Haqrearngu gur orapu.