Devol Glen/Wallace’s Loup Traditional Cache
Devol Glen/Wallace’s Loup
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Park at N55° 55.716’ W 04° 42.647’ which is a viewpoint car park on the B 788, Auchmountain Road (or the Kilmacolm Road) rising above Greenock/Port Glasgow. Go down the road about 100 m and find a gate on the right, careful, it’s not bolted to the post! Make your way across the field towards the given coordinates. There is no established path (yet!) and it’s very boggy underfoot. You should be able to find your way over broken down fences to the Devol Burn.
The cache is hidden on the west side of a small waterfall underneath an overhang. I guess the contents will get wet in no time so please try and seal the box carefully. Accuracy was only ± 15 m at the time of placement and I guess you won’t get much better but it was consistent. Please be very careful here as the rocks are very slippy as they’re always wet and covered in moss/leaves etc.
Right, the actual location of the cache is irrelevant; the real reason I brought you here is to visit Wallace’s Loup, downstream of the cache site. Make your way back along the west side of the burn into the glen proper. You’ll see the falls on the right (it doesn’t look much from above) but it’s too steep to descend at first. Go further down along the bank and the path will swing back towards the loup. Be careful here, it’s steep and slippery.
As you approach the falls the glen opens up in front of you. I don’t have the right words to describe it but it could be from ‘Blue Lagoon’ if it was only 25 degrees warmer! You can get right round the back of the waterfall where there’s a birds nest up on a ledge. Try and leave no trace of your visit so this place remains as unspoilt as possible.
This is a real gem of a location and is one place I’ll be happy to revisit for a bit of cache maintenance or whatever, enjoy. Move over Puck’s Glen.
Terrain rating assumes you’ll go down to the glen, reduce by one star if you don’t.
Further down the glen there’s a cow that has fallen into the ravine. So, depending on your disposition do or don’t go further downstream!
Some information from the local web page –
Devol's Glen itself was once called Davol which is derived from the Gaelic Diabhoul, the name of the "evil one". The ravine and stream start some two and a half miles south of the town and the glen was regarded in the 19th century as being "rocky, wooded and romantic". At the top of the glen is Wallace's Loup, over which Sir William Wallace is reputed to have leaped on horseback, and there are several waterfalls throughout its course.
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