The story is offered in a gazetteer for the site and is not supported by any early record of a daughter of Malcolm called Cora. It belongs with a large family of stories in which a place name is explained by a tragic woman, often with a leap from a height. The ruined Corra Castle stands above the falls, which are part of a nature reserve reached by the Clyde walkway.
Folklore & legend
Cora and the Leap at Corra Linn
Corra Linn, Falls of Clyde, near New Lanark
Legend, undated
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Public footpath only
- Location
- 55.653, -3.778 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Wikishire, "Falls of Clyde" [other]; Wikipedia, "Corra Castle" [other]
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