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Glen Nevis and the Witches Cauldron.

Lochaber's waterfalls range from a roadside stop to a proper walk. At the head of Glen Nevis, a rough path climbs through a wooded gorge, with the river crashing over boulders beside you. Then the trees fall away into a meadow, and a long white fall drops down the far side. A wire bridge crosses the river for anyone steady on their feet. Near Achnacarry, on the road to Loch Arkaig, a pair of falls pours into a dark pool called the Witches Cauldron, seen right from the road bridge. Film fans will know it from Rob Roy's leap. Go after rain, and wear boots for Glen Nevis.

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Steall Falls.

Scotland's third highest waterfall, at the head of Glen Nevis, beyond the gorge.

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From the magazine4 hours ago

In Scottish legend, the Cailleach, an ancient blue-skinned goddess with a single piercing eye, carved the mountains with her hammer and made the islands from peat dropped from her creel.

A creel is a basket carried on the back, and with it the Cailleach shaped Scotland as we know it, sculpting the glens as she went. When she was not spreading frost and snow, she protected the wild animals, above all her beloved deer, and Glen Nevis is known as one of her haunts. Hunters stalking stags there once heard a deep, strange singing in a language none of them understood, with a loud, rhythmic tapping. The oldest knew it was the Cailleach keeping time as she milked her herd of deer, and that they would catch nothing that day. Walk through the Nevis Gorge towards Steall Falls today and keep your ears open.

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