The location chosen for this cache is the
Airlie Monument. It is a replica of one of the towers of Airlie
castle, and was built to commemorate the death of the Earl of
Airlie in the Boer War. As you approach Glen Prosen from Forfar and
Kirriemuir the monument is clearly seen and consequently when you
reach the top of the hill there are views over much of Angus.
There is a small car park at N56.44.003
W003.01.761 (the entrance is a dirt
track). The entrance of
the car park is just past a cairn commemorating the ill-fated
Antarctic expedition in 1912 by Captain Scott and Dr Wilson.
Although at first seeming a bit out of place in rural Angus, the
expedition was actually planned in a nearby house. The ruins by the
river close to the cairn also have an unusual international
connection. They are the remains of the farm where the opera singer
Dame Nellie Melba was born - her parents emigrated to Australia
almost immediately after.
The cache is in a black painted ammo box and
initially contains : Log Book and pencils, tennis ball, candles,
water bombs, maths set, puncture repair kit, plastic ice cubes and
erasers
Cache is accesible by buggy although there is a steep hill to climb
along a land rover track
