📌 Waterfall near Unapool, Highland
★★★★
This powerful plunge on the Allt Chrànaidh is close to, but hidden from, the main road through the the stunning region of Assynt. A busy layby informs passing motorists that there might be something worth stopping for. Follow the eroded path up the left bank of the burn into the beckoning gorge and the 30-metre falls soon come into view, flanked by imposing rocky buttresses. The waterfall is the outflow from Loch na Gainmhich which lies immediately upstream: aerial views of the pair are impressive, with the expansive body of water seemingly hanging just above the drop, backed by the 776-metre Corbett of Glas Bheinn. And the Wailing Widow name? As far as I can tell, there’s a (probably spurious) folk tale attached about a widow losing her son here, with her anguished cries resounding through the gorge in the sounds of wind and water…
🌍 Location
📌 Access from the A894 2 mi south of Unapool
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NC 243293
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.217794,-4.993251
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Layby (gets full) at 🧭 NC 240296 / 🛰️ 58.219722,-4.997554
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 5-min walk upstream to the falls on a very rough, rocky path (⬤ Moderate).
