Black Rock Gorge
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Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleavage in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which flows the Allt Graad in Easter Ross, Scotland. It was caused by rapids heavily burdened with sediment being carried upwards as part of the great Post-glacial rebound.
It lies only a few kilometres from Evanton, at the edge of the Evanton Wood in the traditional territory of the Clan Munro. The Black Rock Gorge is a few hundred meters in length and reaches 36 metres (120 feet) in height. It attracts a substantial amount of tourism, and there is a camping site nearby.
In April, 2004, ten days of filming took place in the area for the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the Gorge is the setting for one scene.[1] It is also the subject of local Gaelic myth, in which a local noblewoman, the Lady of Balconie, is lured into its depths by a mysterious man (thought to be the Devil). Ever since, the cries which she utters can be heard from the top.
[edit] References
- Omand, Donald (ed.), The Ross and Cromarty Book, (Golspie, 1984)
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