Cauldron Linn, or Caldron Linn, is a waterfall on the
River Devon on the border between
Clackmannanshire
Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the ...
and
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland an ...
in Scotland.
Location and description
Caldron Linn is about a mile below
Rumbling Bridge, and can be accessed through fields by
Powmill
Powmill is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies at the junction of the A823 and A977 roads at the southwest of the region, approximately southwest of Kinross and east of Dollar.
The famed Rumbling Bridge over the River Devon li ...
, with a 150 ft slippery descent to reach it. The height of its fall was lessened in 1886 by rock fall.
''The Scottish Tourist'', an 1838 guidebook, says of the waterfall:
The water flow of the Linn is now much diminished by a recent hydro-electric scheme.
History
The Linn was famously visited by
Robert Burns
Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who ha ...
in 1787 in the company of his friends Gavin Hamilton and
Crauford Tait of Harvireston.
[Clackmannanshire and the Ochils by Adam Swan ISBN 07073 0513 6]
See also
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Waterfalls of Scotland
Notes
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External links
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Waterfalls of Perth and Kinross
Waterfalls of Clackmannanshire