A Stone, Standing!
A Cairn, Disturbed?
THE CACHE
The cache is a 500ml cylindrical tablock container. It contains a log (inside a Redbull Energy Shot Container), a pencil and a few swaps for the younger cachers.
The tree cover may upset your GPSr, so bear that in mind.
Davagh forest is a 1,500 hectare upland coniferous forest set in the Sperrins. It is owned and managed by the Forest Service of Northern Ireland and is a working forest, as a result there may be restrictions on access to parts of the forest from time to time to facilitate forest operations, if so please adhere to signage which will be posted for your safety.
There is very good access to Davagh forest with car parking available at its north western and south eastern boundaries. There is a network of forestry roads throughout and these are in great condition and are of either tarmac or quarry dust. This means that this forest, for a number of years, has been a recreational destination - especially for mountain bikers.
Cookstown District Council in association with Forest Service NI are establishing up to 20km of MTB trails throughout the forest, these trails are due to open in March 2013. For more information click on the links.... Trailbadger and Davagh Forest Trails Facebook Page
The reason why I placed a cache here was to guide fellow cachers and their muggle friends to this little known or visited megalithic monument. The nearby Beaghmore Stone Circles Site, due to its enormity, gets a lot of visitors, but these smaller, 'off the beaten track' sites, should be equally valued and visited. Take your time to look around this site, it is hard to fully appreciate the layout due to the overgrown flora, but some features are easily distinguished. This link, Davagh Stones, may give a better understanding of the features.
UPDATE 06/02/19
I found this link, Survey of Davagh Lower, Stone Circles and Alignments, County Tyrone UAS/07/04, which gives more information on the site.