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Clyde waterfalls (in English Falls of Clyde ) is the collective name of four waterfalls or Us (the term in Scots language for waterfall ) formed by the Clyde River near New Lanark (South Lanarkshire, Scotland).

Corra Linn: Photo of 1897 (A. Brown)

Clyde waterfalls include three jumps of water upstream of New Lanark, namely Bonnington Ageur , Corra with us It is Dundeff line , is that of Stonebyres Linn , a few miles more downstream. With its 26 meters or 84 feet Corra Linn is the highest of the four. [first]

Falls in the Clyde Corry Lynn , 1866, Edmund Marriner Gill

The presence of Clyde and his waterfalls favored the creation of the New Lanark worker village. [2] The area of ​​the waterfalls has been a well -known tourist destination for a long time; Particularly grandiose in the periods in which the river is in full, they still offer an interesting show even with minor courses [first] . In the nineteenth century the Wordsworths, Coleridge and Sir Walter Scott visited the waterfalls. In 1802 William Wordsworth dedicated to Corra Linn, the highest of the Clyde waterfalls, some famous verses. Corra Linn has also been painted by numerous artists, including J. M. W. Turner. His name comes from the Gaelico Currach , which indicates a swampy place. A legend tells of one Cora Daughter of King Malcolm II, who would have lost his life by jumping into the waterfall in an attempt to escape an imaginary danger. [3]

At Corra Linn there is the Bonnington Pavilion , a building probably built in 1708 by Sir John Carmichael of Bonnington [4] . The construction was equipped with mirrors on its rear wall, so that when its doors were open, visitors had the illusion of being below the waterfall. The Run Castle , a fifteenth -century castle that is located not far from the waterfall, houses a significant population of different species of bats. [5]

The Falls of Clyde I’m a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( Site of particular scientific interest ), and are part of the Nature Reserve of the Clyde woods ( Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve [4] ), a mixed forest area that includes semi-natural oak areas and some coniferous plans. It offers a habitat suitable for animals such as the rate, roe deer and more than 100 species of birds. The area is also well known as the nesting site of the Pellegrino hawk. The Natural Reserve has put in place a video system that allows the public to see, without disturbing the animals, the nests of the birds and observe their parental treatments. The area is also an adequate habitat for the Lontra, the fisherman’s Martin and the now rather rare lamp of Ruscello. In New Lanark there is a visitors dedicated to the protected area and its fauna, managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. [6]

La Centrale Di Bonnington

Between Corra Linn and Dundaff Linn there is a hydroelectric system called Lanark Hydro Electric Scheme , whose water socket is located at Bonningon Linn. The plant was designed in 1925 with the supervision of Sir Edward Maccoll [7] and completed in 1926; It is considered the first hydroelectric power plant of the United Kingdom [8] The power produced is about 11 megawatts. Another hydroelectric power plant is located at Stonebyres Linn, about three miles downstream of Corra Linn, and produces about 6 megawatts. Both are managed by Scottish Power.

The hiking itinerary Clyde walkway passes near the four waterfalls and ends at the Bonnington Ageur . [9]

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  • Corra Linn
  • Dundaff Linn at New Lanark in inverno

    Dundaff Linn at New Lanark in inverno

  • Bonnington Linn dalla riva occidentale del Clyde

    Bonnington Dalla Dalla Dalla OCCILETALE DEL CYDE

  • Stonebyres Linn
  1. ^ a b ( IN ) Calvin Colton, Four Years in Great Britain , vol. 2, Harper & Brothers, 1836, p. 220. URL consulted on November 13, 2019 .
  2. ^ Giuseppe angel of the government, European magazine – Year 1 , vol. 1, 1870, p. 499. URL consulted on November 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ ( IN ) Westwood, Jennifer and Kingshill, Jennifer (2009). The Lore of Scotland. A Guide to Scottish Legends. London : Random House. ISBN 978-1-905211-62-3. p. 176
  4. ^ a b Filippo Ceragioli, The romantic Clyde waterfalls , in Piedmont parks , Piedmont Region, 10 May 2019. URL consulted on November 15, 2019 .
  5. ^ ( IN ) Have you ever seen inside Corra Castle? Now’s your chance! . are Scottishwildifetrust.org.uk , Scottish Wildlife Trust. URL consulted on November 13, 2019 .
  6. ^ Neil Wilson e Alan Murphy, Scotland , Edt, 2008, p. 174. URL consulted on November 15, 2019 .
  7. ^ ( IN ) Dictionary of Scottish Architects: Robert Lorimer
  8. ^ ( IN ) Lanark Hydros technical factsheet ( PDF ), are scottishpower.com , Scottishpower. URL consulted on November 15, 2019 .
  9. ^ ( IN ) Michael Meighan, River Clyde , in A-Z of Glasgow: Places-People-History , Amberley Publishing Limited, 2019. URL consulted on November 13, 2019 .
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