The Rocking Stone Cache. (Clochoderick Stone) Traditional Cache
The Rocking Stone Cache. (Clochoderick Stone)
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The Clochoderick Stone.. A big stone in a small field. The cache is located close to the Stone. A very quick easy cache.
The Clochoderick Stone is composed of volcanic rock different from that below the soil on which it rests, but similar to bedrock found in the hills a few miles to the north and west, and deposited here during the last ice age around 18,000 years ago.
Legend says that druids used this site for the dispensation of justice on this rocking stone. Whether the accused was innocent or guilty depended on which way the stone moved.
It is also said that this stone marks the burial place of Rydderick Hael, Monarch of the Kingdom of Strathclyde (532-612AD). Research establishes his crushing victory over paganism at Arthuret, near Carlisle in England, resulting in the conversion of the country to Christianity.
My favourite legend says that Clochoderick was a giant who had a stone in his shoe. When he took the stone out his shoe this is where he dropped it.
This stone is about two miles outside Howwood towards the north west, the farm in the distance is Clochoderick Farm
Its also covered in ancient graffiti.. have a look if you brave enough to climb on top.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
uvqqra ng gur pebff ebnq haqre n cvyr bs fgbar orybj gur gerr.
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