Tintock tap Traditional Cache
Lorgadh: Archiving at request of CO
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A short 10min walk from the carpark atN55*37.178 W003*38.738 just of the A73 near Thankerton
Tinto at 707Mtrs.is a prominent lanmark in the Clyde Valey, South Lanarkshire, it can be seen for miles arround. Its location makes it look the highest hill, but Coulter fell its close rival is some 100+ft higher.
Om top is the largest cairn in Scotland( known locally as the dimple)which has various stories about it, one is that the bronze age people built it as a burial cairn,others say it was a penance paid by the local people.
There is a poem that goes as follows.
On Tintock tap there is a mist
And in that mist there is a kist
And in that kist there is a cup
And in that cup there is a drap
Tak up the cup,drink up the drap
And set the cup on Tintock tap. ANON
Approx. 10 mins walk from the carpark there is a well preserved remains of an hill fort (c1000BC)
This is where the cache is placed,in a plastic box approx. 8-4-3 in a black wash bag to help camouflage it. It has the usual bits and bobs in it.
Its approx 1.5 mls to the top with 1300ft of climbing, with great views north, south,east and west.
Additional Hints
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Va n pyhzc bs urngure vzrqvngryl oruvaq, naq gb gur yrsg bs n ynetr fgbar, pbirerq ol gjb fznyyre fgbarf