Black Rock Gorge
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The Black Rock Gorge, on the Allt Graad, viewed from the top. |
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. 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.
* Omand, Donald (ed.),
The Ross and Cromarty Book, (Golspie, 1984)
