Falls of Falloch
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| location = Crianlarich, Stirling, Scotland
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Falls of Falloch (Gaelic: Eas Falach, means waterfall of the river Falloch{{cite web | title = Falls of Falloch | publisher = Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba | url = https://www.ainmean-aite.scot/placename/falls-of-falloch/ | access-date = 2019-12-27}}) is a waterfall and local beauty spot on the river Falloch off the A82. It is {{convert|7|km|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the village of Crianlarich in the county of Stirling in Scotland.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map series, sheets 309-470 It is also on the West Highland Way.
History
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Dorothy Wordsworth, the sister of William Wordsworth visited here on their famous tour of Scotland along with Samuel Coleridge. She, along with other writers and painters appreciated the view of the falls as far as early 19th century.{{cite web | publisher = Loch Lomond & The Trossachs - National Park Authority | title = Woven Sound: Falls of Falloch | url = https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/things-to-see/scenic-routes-viewpoints/woven-sound-falls-of-falloch/ | access-date = 2019-12-25}} The huge pool down the waterfall is known as the Rob Roy's Bathtub; in the same pool the Scottish mountaineer W. H. Murray was about to drown after falling by accident into the Falloch in the gorge upstream the waterfall.{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XPoRSLTkhtsC&q=%22Falls+of+Falloch%22+Rob+Roy&pg=PA98 | pages = 98 | title = Scotland | first = Chris | last = Townsend | publisher = Cicerone Press Limited | year = 2011 | access-date = 2019-12-25}} In 2013 was built the Woven Sound, a viewpoint built in order to enable visitors to safely observe the waterfall without disturbing the natural beauty of the spot.
Nature conservation
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The waterfall and its surrounding area belong to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.{{cite web | title = Waterfalls | url = https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/things-to-see/waterfalls/ | publisher = Loch Lomond & The Trossachs - National Park Authority | access-date = 2019-12-25}}
See also
References
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