Haggis Highway: Bridge of Dye Pillboxes Traditional Cache
Hidden : 4/5/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Haggis Highway is heading south. The Tayside Breed couldn't just sit back and do nothing having enjoyed so much of Haggis Highway themselves. So they’ve done a wee bit of border-hopping into Aberdeenshire to bring you some ear popping moments and magical scenery along the way.

The Tayside Breed caches are all placed close to a safe stopping place, with no crossing of roads, and in almost all cases there should be swaps to add interest for Junior Haggis Hunters. Have fun and enjoy the views and back roads.

We loved this spot when we saw it, and knew we couldn't pass it without placing a cache at it. The only problem was that we couldn't decide where to place the cache - at the beautiful old bridge, or at the WWII Pillboxes.


These two stone built pillboxes are situated on either side of the B974 road at Bridge of Dye. They are relics of the 1939-45 war, situated to the East of the original line of the B974 Cairn o' Mount road. The new line of the B974 now runs between them.

The structures appear to be part of a line designed to block the passes across the Mounth and the hills to the west, to halt any southern-moving invasion force arriving on the beaches of Aberdeenshire. The structures may therefore be considered to be an extension of the stop line along the Cowie Water to the east. However, the firing slits on the boxes seem as much to cover the southern as the northern approaches; indeed their position on the north side of the river suggests they may be designed to stop a north-moving force.

Both pillboxes are built into, and are carefully disguised to look like, the red granite wall surrounding the garden of the farmhouse. The eastern pillbox is rectangular, c. 5m by 3m. The western pillbox is fitted into the curved NW corner of the wall as it turns to the south.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 28 February 2000.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orgjrra jnyy naq gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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