This is an earthcache, there is no physical container to find but you do have to visit the given coordinates and answer the questions at the end of this description. All of the answers you need can be found in the text below.
Frankfield Loch is a small, shallow loch formed by glacial retreat after the last ice age. It is part of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park which is Scotland's largest urban heritage and nature park. The Loch is significant for its wildlife including various bird species. It is managed to preserve its natural habitat and North Lanarkshire Council aims to designate it as a nature reserve. The path has just been extended allowing for a pleasant circular walk around the entire loch.
A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole or pothole, is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers, which become surrounded by sediment deposited by meltwater streams as there is increased friction.The ice becomes buried in the sediment and when the ice melts, a depression is left called a kettle hole, creating a dimpled appearance on the outwash plain. Lakes often fill these kettles; these are called kettle hole lakes. Another source is the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake and when the block melts, the hole it leaves behind is a kettle. As the ice melts, ramparts can form around the edge of the kettle hole. The lakes that fill these holes are seldom more than 10 m (33 ft) deep and eventually fill with sediment. In acidic conditions, a kettle bog may form but in alkaline conditions, it will be kettle peatland. For a simplified graphic - see the image in the photo gallery.
Please send the answers to the following. Once you have done so, please log your find and I will get back to you if there are any problems.
1. From the given coordinates describe Frankfield Loch?
2. How deep do you think the loch might be?
3. Briefly describe or draw an image of how a Kettle Loch is formed.
4. Are there other kettle lochs nearby?
4. Please attach a photo of yourself or an identifiable item with Frankfield Loch in the Background.