Glomach or Allt a'Ghlomaich, a mountain burn in the E of Kintail parish, SW Ross-shire, issuing from Loch a'Bheavaich (5¼ x 2¼furl.; 1242 feet), close to the Inverness-shire border, and winding 3¾ miles north-north-westward till it unites with the Allt na Doire Gairbhe to form the Elchaig. In an alpine ravine it makes a profound waterfall, the highest and widest in Scotland, at a point 7 miles ENE of Kintail church. With a total descent of 350 feet, the fall is all a sheer leap till 50 feet from the foot, encountering there a bisection or slight interruption from an outjutting ledge of rock; and it terminates in a pool vying 750 feet below the crests of the ravine. During times of drought it is too trivial in volume to be striking in itself, but it always presents, in connection with its overhanging heights and other surroundings, a most impressive scene. The approaches to it, on any side, are always difficult and often dangerous, and ought never to be attempted without a guide.Ord. Sur., sh. 72, 1880.
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