Loch Ness and Invermoriston area

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Loch Ness is the largest of three lochs located in the Great Glen which divides the North of Scotland along a line from Fort William to Inverness...more  geological facts at:  http://pages.prodigy.net/bon/loch_ness.htm 

Our photos

Loch Ness
...It is said to be home to Nessie, a monstrous creature first sighted by St Columba in the 6th Century. Photographs taken in the 1930s have made Nessie famous world-wide.
Loch Ness shore
Urquhart Castle
As a romantic ruin, Urquhart Castle must be the envy of romantic ruins the world over...
Invermoriston Bridge
This bridge is all the more remarkable because of the situation spanning the falls below where the Moriston tumbles through deep dark salmon pools.
Thomas Telford's Bridge



Resources

A Loch Ness Monster story  
http://www.100megsfree4.com/farshores/c02nes6.htm 
Urquhart Castle  http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/drumnadrochit/urquhart/index.html

http://www.aboutscotland.com/ness/urquhart.html

Invermoriston Bridge  http://invermoriston-holidays.com/the_area.html
Thomas Telford - The first President of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
His major achievements were the Caledonian Canal in Scotland and the Menai Suspension Bridge linking Anglesey to Wales.
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/thomastelford/index.html