The Bracklinn Falls are a series of

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

s north-east of

Callander Callander (; gd, Calasraid) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town ser ...

, Scotland on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the

Highland Boundary Fault The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. It separates two different geological terranes which give rise to two distinct physiographic terr ...

. Over recent years there have been a number of tragic incidents at the falls.

Toponymy

The name of the falls should mean ''speckled'' or ''white foaming'' ''pool''.

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. In July 2011, this new bridge won an award at the International Footbridge Awards.

In popular culture

The falls were seen in the 1975 British comedy film,

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) an ...

Access to the falls

The falls can be reached with an easy walk from a car-park close to

; the itinerary is signposted and takes a couple of hours there and back.

Nature conservation

The waterfall and its surrounding area belongs to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

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

References

Highland Boundary Fault Waterfalls of Stirling (council area) {{Scotland-geo-stub