Black Rock Gorge

#2938 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Canyon, Natural attraction

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Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleft in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which the Allt Graad flows in Easter Ross, Scotland. It was caused by rapids heavily burdened with sediment being carried upwards as part of the great Post-glacial rebound. ()

Coordinates: 57°40'0"N, 4°22'12"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Black Rock Gorge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Victoria Park, Dingwall Castle, Fyrish Monument, Foulis Castle.

5.2 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Victoria Park, Dingwall
133 min walk • Victoria Park, also known as the Global Energy Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in the town of Dingwall, Highland, Scotland. It is the home ground of Ross County, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership.
5.1 miS
Forts and castles
Dingwall Castle, Dingwall
131 min walk • Dingwall Castle was a medieval fort and royal castle in the town of Dingwall, eastern Ross-shire, Scotland. The castle is believed to have been established by Norse settlers in the area in the 11th century.
2.3 miNE
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Fyrish Monument, Evanton
60 min walk • The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill, in Fyrish in Evanton, near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general.
1.5 miS
Forts and castles
Foulis Castle
39 min walk • Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops.
3.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Castlecraig
83 min walk • Castlecraig, also known as Craig Castle and Castle Craig, is a 16th-century fortification located on the north shore of the Black Isle in northern Scotland. It is on the south coast of the Cromarty Firth, 5 kilometres north-east of Culbokie and 19 kilometres north of the city of Inverness. The castle is protected as a scheduled monument.
5.4 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Stela
Dingwall Stone, Dingwall
137 min walk • The Dingwall Stone is a Class I Pictish stone located in Dingwall, Easter Ross. It is thought by some to be of Bronze Age origin, and contains several cup and ring marks alleged to date from that period.
2.2 miS
Bridge
Cromarty Bridge
56 min walk • The Cromarty Bridge is a road bridge over the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.
4.9 miNE
Museum
Alness Academy
125 min walk • Alness Academy is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross.
4.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Teaninich Castle, Alness
107 min walk • Teaninich Castle is situated north of the village of Evanton and just south of the town of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
5.1 miE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Dalmore distillery, Alness
130 min walk • The Dalmore distillery is located in Alness, Scotland, which is 20 miles north of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland", from which it takes its name.
1.8 miE
Forts and castles
Balconie Castle, Evanton
47 min walk • Balconie Castle lay in the parish of Kiltearn, about 1⁄2 mile east of the village of Evanton in the Highlands of Scotland.