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Kilt Rock
Sea cliffs of basalt columns pleated like a kilt, with a waterfall pouring straight into the sea.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 20 minutes
- Address
- Kilt Rock viewpoint, A855, near StaffinDirections
- Getting There
- About 25 minutes by car north of Portree.
Why Go
From the viewing platform, the cliffs' columns of dark basalt over pale rock look like the folds of a kilt, and Mealt Falls drop from Loch Mealt off the cliff edge into the sea below.
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