Bracklinn Falls
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| location = Callander, Stirling, Scotland
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The Bracklinn Falls are a series of waterfalls north-east of Callander, Scotland on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault.
Over recent years there have been a number of tragic incidents at the falls.
Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map series, sheets 309-470
Toponymy
The name of the falls should mean speckled or white foaming pool.{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r5hfAAAAcAAJ&q=Bracklinn+Falls+Foaming&pg=PA221 | chapter = Bracklinn Falls| pages = 221 | title = Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland | author = Adam and Charles Black | publisher = A. and C. Black | year = 1874 | location = Edinbourgh | access-date = 2019-12-18 }}
The Bridge
In 2004, a long-standing steel footbridge over the falls was washed away by severe floods. In October 2010, a new, 20-tonne wood-and-copper footbridge, spanning 20m across a very deep gorge, was hauled into place by hand because the location made it impossible to use a crane.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11500823|title=Bracklinn Falls Bridge hauled over gorge by hand|publisher=BBC News Scotland|date=2010-10-08|accessdate=2011-07-10}} In July 2011, this new bridge won an award at the International Footbridge Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-14067871|title=Bracklinn Falls Bridge wins international award|publisher=BBC News Scotland|date=2011-07-07|accessdate=2011-07-10}} In the winter of 2020, "some areas of deterioration requiring further examination" were noted on the bridge, and it was closed for several months. The wooden, award-winning bridge was deemed unsafe and a replacement metal bridge was commissioned, expected to open in 2022 and finally opening to the public in March 2023.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Award-winning Bracklinn Falls bridge to be replaced after just a decade on site |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19440348.award-winning-bracklinn-falls-bridge-replaced-just-decade-site/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=HeraldScotland |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lomond |first=Loch |last2=G83 8EG |first2=The Trossachs National Park Authority Carrochan Carrochan Road Balloch |title=Bracklinn Bridge currently closed - Here. Now. All of us. |url=https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/park-authority/blog/bracklinn-bridge-temporarily-closed/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park |language=en}}
Access to the falls
The falls can be reached with an easy walk from a car-park close to Callander;{{cite book | title = Scozia | language = it | chapter = Regione di Striling | pages = 218 | first1 = Neil | last1 = Wilson | first2 =Alan | last2 = Murphy | publisher = EDT | year = 2008 | isbn = 9788860402929 | access-date = 2019-12-19 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vPgmSaTgsIMC&q=Cascate+di+Bracklinn&pg=PA218}} the itinerary is signposted and takes a couple of hours there and back.{{cite book | title = Moon Edinburgh, Glasgow & the Isle of Skye
| first = Sally | last = Coffey | publisher = Hachette UK | year = 2019 | chapter = Bracklinn Falls and Callander Craggs | isbn = 9781640490130 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GGVtDwAAQBAJ&q=falls+Bracklinn&pg=PT350 | access-date = 2019-12-19 }}
Nature conservation
Photo gallery
File:Bracklinn Falls and bridge, Callander, Scotland-LCCN2001705950.jpg|Falls and bridge in 1890s
Bracklinn Falls - geograph.org.uk - 921667.jpg|Falls in 2002
Bracklinn Falls - geograph.org.uk - 1351001.jpg|Falls with human for scale
See also
{{commonscat inline|Bracklinn Falls, Callander}}
References
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Category:Highland Boundary Fault
Category:Waterfalls of Stirling (council area)
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