Lang Man's Grave (Revisited) Traditional Cache
Lang Man's Grave (Revisited)
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I was dropping my daughter off at a party in Abernyte and headed to Perth to visit family. On the way I found a cache in this spot. It was really soggy so I replaced it not knowing then that it was archived. So since emailing the original owner, I have relisted it. The following is a copy and paste of the original cache description.
A quick drive by micro, dwarfed by the high cliffs of Black hill to your north.
This stone measures around 1.8m long by 0.5m wide and is flush with the ground on the grass verge by the road. One end of it lies under a dry stane dyke.
It's unclear exactly what the Long Man's Grave is, however it may be a fallen standing stone. When visited by the parish minister in 1845 there was a tumulus here, and upon investigation the stone was "proved to be a 'druidical stone' that had toppled over."
It has been suggested that this is the grave of a murder or suicide victim. One myth rather fancifully says it is the grave of Macbeth, while another says that the Lang Man was a horse trader who regularly visited the annual fair held near here. One year he disappeared and the story spread that he had been murdered for his gold and buried under the stone.
park beside the old quarry and walk back down the road. No footpaths along the road.
This cache is a new listing so those who found the last cache are free to find and log again.
Thank you Sue for allowing me to copy and paste your original.
*****Congratulations to gm0hcq for being First To Find*****
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Oruvaq n fznyy fgbar nobir evtug
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