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Collielaw Cottage Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/4/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


If these stones could only talk, what stories they could tell.

Not in this century, nor even in the last, the ruined building in front of you was known as Collielaw Cottage.  But before even that, it was part of a complex of buildings that collectively formed Collielaw Farm.  I'm not sure when the other buildings were demolished, but they were still standing in the 1850s. Collielaw Farm is now situated about 500 metres, approximately south, of this building.

A Roman road ran through the site of this cottage, more or less SSE, to where Cleghorn Bridge now stands, but I can see no visual evidence of it now.

You do not have to enter the building to retrieve the cache.

The dry stone wall is in a poor state.  You do not have to move any of the wall stones to retrieve the cache and, for obvious reasons, you should not.

On a good day, there are lovely views from here; on a bad day, the wind will cut you in half and you'll be soaked in seconds.

There is space enough for off-road parking for 1 vehicle in front of the cottage.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq gur tnoyr raq, va zvavngher.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)