The small community of Lochgoilhead and Carrick Castle is set in the Argyll Forest Park, in one of the most bio-diverse and unspoiled areas in Europe. Cormonachan Woodlands is shown on maps since the first maps were prodluced in the sixteenth century.
On the map below from 1750, it is spelt as "Corymonachin".
As you wander around these woodlands, you will discover ancient atlantic oak and hazel. These are being preserved for Conservation, Education and Recreation by the local community. There are oak trees well over 300 years old and areas of old coppiced hazel from around 100 years ago. The woodlands are in the Argyll Forest Park and Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park.
As you reach the cache location, you will discover a grand, majestic oak tree, believed to be about 400 years old.
Please be respectful - do not attempt to climb the tree.
This cache is placed with permission from one of the directors of the Cormonachan Community Woodlands Ltd. It is their explicit wish to have geocaches placed in this woodlands and more will be published over the coming months.
You can read more about the Cormonachan Community Woodlands here: http://www.cormonachan-woodlands.co.uk/