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Rescue operation for woman who ‘slipped beside waterfall’ at St Cyrus beauty spot stood down

Emergency services were scrambled to the local beauty spot Den of Finella to reports of a woman in difficulty in the water.

Blue lights light up the sky as rescue teams remain at the scene.
Rescue crews remain at the scene north of St Cyrus. Image: Darrell Benns/DC Thomson.

Rescue teams have been stood down following the search for a woman in difficulty at the Den of Finella beauty spot north of St Cyrus.

Emergency services, including HM Coastguard, were called to the scene at around 2pm.

It is understood she slipped at the area beside the waterfall and got into difficulty in the water.

A major water rescue operation was launched with coastguard teams, police, firefighters and paramedics all scrambled to the scene.

The A92 in Kincardineshire was also closed to allow emergency services access to the scene.

Crews remained at the scene for more than four hours as search efforts got underway.

The operation has since been stood down for the evening.

Woman in the water

In a statement, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 2pm on Sunday we received a report of a woman in the water near the Den Finella Waterfall, St Cyrus.

“Officers are assisting the Coastguard and enquiries are ongoing.”

Emergency services at Den of Finella.
Den of Finella rescue operation. Image: Darrell Benns/DC Thomson.

A spokeswoman for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service added: “We got a call at 2pm to attend an incident near the A92 between St Cyrus and Johnshaven.

“We have four appliances at the scene. The incident is ongoing and we have no further information at this stage.”

The stop message was received at 6.01pm this evening, with the final appliances leaving the scene at around 6.37pm.

Three coastguard teams at St Cyrus incident

Coastguard teams have also been stood down.

In an earlier statement, a spokesman for HM Coastguard said: “We are involved in a water rescue near the A92 north of St Cyrus.

“We have a coastguard helicopter and coastguard teams from Montrose, Arbroath and Stonehaven in attendance.

“They are assisting Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

“This is ongoing and live incident.

“We have no further details at this stage.”

Road closed sign blocks the A92.
The A92 in Kincardineshire remains closed in both directions. Image: Darrell Benns/DC Thomson.

Den of Finella

The Den of Finella is described as a scenic spot steeped in myth and legend.

White water roars 70ft down a sheer ravine, through a green canopy and into a series of plunge pools.

Den Finella’s waterfall is known as the “lost waterfall of Scotland.”

Shrouded in folklore and mystery, the den is named after noblewoman-turned assassin Finella, who supposedly leapt to her death here in 995.