Linn (geology)
In Scotland and northern England a Linn is a geographical water feature.
In Scotland it describes where a watercourse has cut through a shelf of hard rock creating a narrow, steep-sided cut though which the watercourse runs.
Typically there is only one named Linn on any watercourse - although obviously - there may actually be more than one feature with the necessary attributes.
The photograph of the Linn of Dee illustrates the attributes of a typical 'Linn'.
In Gordon the author describing a walk down Glen Avon in the Cairngorms mentions two Linns on the River Avon - first:
Second:
A linn may also refer to a waterfall or a pool at the foot of a waterfall, with the derivation a confusion of Scots Gaelic linne and Old English hlynn.
