The local
land-owner has requested that people not stray into the
fields.
THERE IS NO NEED TO ENTER ANY OF THE FIELDS TO COMPLETE THIS
CACHE.
We would also strongly recommend that parents with children take
great care by the roadside because local drivers who know the road
may travel quite fast.
(Click the pic for a biggy)
The farmer informed us that, originally, when the sun rose on
Midwinter morning, it was rumoured to have shone between the two
peaks of Morven, the only mountain in the county, directly in-line
with the Standing Stone of Rangag. But there was a flaw, he told
us; when they (persons unknown) sat down and worked it all out,
they found that the stone should have been roughly a mile
away.
We would like to tender a further flaw, however, since Morven is
roughly to the West of the stone making it somewhat unlikely that
the sun was ever going to rise anywhere near that spot unless the
Earth has changed its direction of spin since the stone was
erected.
The story might be conected with sunset, but until we investigate
further we may never find out. Until then, we hope you enjoy our
second cache-hide. When the sun's out, the views of the flats of
Caithness are stunning from this site with miles and miles of
peatland, grazing and moor.