The Witness Caírn
Celebrating St Ninian
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: càrn.
C is for Coordinates
In order to find this multi-cache you will need to visit the Cairn at the posted coordinates.
Here you will find the information you need to work out the final coordinates.
On the head stone in small words low down "An initiative of GCT and ACTS together"
Question: If C is for Churches, what is G?
Code the letters of this word as per A=1, B=2 ... Z=26 and add them all together to give you a two figure number. (checksum is 12)
This number will be YZ and will let you Calculate the Coordinates of the Cache
N 54 41.(YZ x 9 + 12) W 4 21.(YZ x 6 + 16)
C is for Cliffs too. Please take care when looking for the cache
Happy hunting!
C is also for Chapel
St Ninian's Chapel is not far from the witness cairn and worthy of a visit while you are here. There are information panels nearby telling of the pilgrims that visited here many years ago.
The A to Z of the Machars is a project by team Geoscouts We aim to hide a new cache each week over the coming weeks and months to introduce visitors to the treasures of this amazing peninsular. We hope that you enjoy finding them as much as we enjoyed creating them. There's never a dull day here (even when it rains)