Easan Dubh

Easan Dubh stands beside Loch Treig in the western Highlands, where steep mountains push rain clouds against their slopes. The falls tumble from a height of more than thirty metres into a narrow gorge lined with birch and rowan. Loch Treig itself is a long, dark ribbon of water held back by a dam built in the 19th century. The name Easan Dubh comes from Gaelic and means ‘black falls’, a reference to the dark rocks that frame the water. It is one of the tallest single-drop waterfalls in Scotland, though its exact height is often debated. The falls sit among a cluster of smaller cascades that feed the same burn, creating a chain of white water against the green hillside. Visitors reach the falls by following a rough path from the dam along the north shore of the loch. The track climbs gently through woodland where red squirrels dart among the branches. At the viewpoint the full drop of the falls can be seen, framed by birch trunks and the dark water of the pool below. On calm days the spray hangs like mist above the gorge, catching the light before it vanishes into the trees.