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Fifteen metres.
The falls drop about fifteen metres, some fifty feet, over a shelf of ancient rock.
Sutherland
Clashnessie Falls
A waterfall dropping about fifteen metres through a rocky, mossy gorge above Clashnessie on the Stoer peninsula, reached by a short, boggy walk from the bay.
Welcome
Above the little village of Clashnessie on the Stoer peninsula, a burn running off the moor comes to the edge of a shelf of ancient rock and drops about fifteen metres, almost straight down, into a pool among the boulders.
Visited and photographed by Simon Hird
Clashnessie Falls sits in a small gorge thick with moss, and in autumn the bracken and birch around it turn copper and gold.
The walk to it starts at the car park by Clashnessie Bay, which has a small sandy beach of its own, and follows the burn inland. It is short and not steep, but the ground is boggy and muddy at every season, and the way crosses the water on stepping stones that disappear when the burn is running high. Good waterproof boots make all the difference.
After rain the falls are at their loudest, spilling in channels over the rock with mist rising from the pool below.
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Before you go
The falls can be visited at any time, free.
The path from the bay is short but boggy all year, with a stepping-stone crossing that can flood when the burn is high; wear waterproof boots.
- Start
- The car park at Clashnessie Bay, on the B869.
- Height
- About 15 metres.
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Stepping stones.
The path crosses the burn on stepping stones that can vanish when the water is high.
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A beach at the start.
The walk begins by the small sandy beach of Clashnessie Bay.
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Above Clashnessie Bay on the Stoer peninsula in Assynt, off the B869.
Close byAssynt.
ClashnessieThe bay and its small sandy beach.Under a mile 1 min by road
Stoer LighthouseA Stevenson lighthouse at the tip of the peninsula.4 miles 6 min by road
AchmelvichWhite sand and turquoise water to the south.8 miles 15 min by road
Hermit's CastleA tiny concrete 'castle' built on a rocky headland at Achmelvich in 1950, long abandoned and one of the oddest buildings in Scotland.8 miles 15 min by road
Achmelvich Coast WalkSmall white-sand beaches in rocky coves near Lochinver, with a path along the headlands past the tiny concrete Hermit's Castle.8 miles 15 min by road
Achmelvich Bay8 miles 15 min by road
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For further reading, before you go. The details on this page were checked on .
- Clashnessie Bay and FallsThe walk from the bay.walkhighlands.co.ukWalkhighlands↗
- Clashnessie WaterfallThe falls and the stepping stones.world-of-waterfalls.comWorld of Waterfalls↗
- AchmelvichThe beach down the coast.undiscoveredscotland.co.ukUndiscovered Scotland↗
- LochinverThe village to the south.undiscoveredscotland.co.ukUndiscovered Scotland↗