Broad rapids crashing through the middle of Killin under an old stone bridge, with a clan burial isle just downstream
The Falls of Dochart are not a single drop but a wide stretch of rapids where the River Dochart pours over ledges of rock right in the middle of Killin, at the western end of Loch Tay. The best view is from the narrow eighteenth-century stone bridge over the falls, where you can stand and watch the water racing through beneath you. The falls are at their most dramatic after heavy rain, when the whole river turns white and very loud; in a dry summer they drop to a gentler flow.
Just below the bridge lies Inchbuie, a small wooded island that is the old burial ground of Clan MacNab, whose lands these were.
The falls are right in the village, so there is no walk involved — you can park in Killin and be at the bridge in minutes. The Falls of Dochart Inn sits by the water, and the Rob Roy Way long-distance path passes through. If you want more history, the ruins of Finlarig Castle, a stronghold of the Campbells of Breadalbane, stand a short way north of the village.
