Guisachan Falls: Photo Jim McAuley

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Guisachan Home Falls: Photo Jim McAuley

The Guisachan Home Falls

Guisachan House Ruin: Photo Jim McAuley

The ruins of Guisachan House

The bottom of Home Falls: Photo Jim McAuley

The base of the Guisachan Home Falls


Close to the ruins of Guisachan House is a gem of a water feature that many people pass by totally unaware of its presence. Paling somewhat in comparison to its near neighbour Plodda Falls, it nevertheless is well worth a visit if you are in the vicinity. Shown on the OS maps as Guisachan Fall, it is also referred to locally as Home Falls.

The top of the falls can be approached from the road that goes from Tomich to Plodda Falls but the better aspect is from below. Approaching Guisachan House from Tomich, as you reach the ruin there is a stream down to your left. A faint path heads upstream over a low wire fence and through rhodedendrons and other shrubs. The bottom of the falls is only a short distance away up a boggy and often slippy path. There is no great danger but it can be very slippy underfoot on wet rocks and tree roots, so care should be taken.


Apart from the obvious beauty of the falls, they also played an important part in the history of Guisachan Estate. An early Hydro-Electric Scheme was installed here - at the base of the fall is the remains of a generating station that once powered the old house. If you look at the rockface above the station you can still see several metal rings bored into the rock. These once held the pipe that carried the water to the turbine. A sluice system further upstream could be used to divert water from Plodda to the generator when the water power at the Home Falls was insufficient.


Generating station at base of Guisachan Fall: Photo Jim McAuley

Remains of old generating station on left of picture