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Brackland or Bracklin, a waterfall in Callander parish, Perthshire, on the rivulet Kelty, 1½ mile NNE of Callander village. It occurs in a chasm or rocky gorge, about 14 feet wide; is preceded by a tumultuous rapid, over a succession of rocky ledges; and makes a sheer leap of 50 feet. A narrow rustic bridge has been thrown across the chasm above the fall, and affords a clear view of the rivulet's plunge into the pool below. A young man and woman, in 1844, frolicking on this bridge, fell from it into the abyss. Sir Walter Scott describes Roderick Dhu as ` brave but wild as Bracklin's thundering wave.'
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a waterfall" (ADL Feature Type: "waterfalls") |
| Administrative units: | Callander Parish Perthshire County |
| Place names: | BRACKLAND | BRACKLAND OR BRACKLIN | BRACKLIN |
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