The story of Loch Ness
Loch Ness stretches about 37 kilometres along the Great Glen and is over 220 metres deep, holding more fresh water than all the lakes of England and Wales combined. Its dark, peaty water has fed the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, "Nessie".
Urquhart Castle, on a headland above the loch, was one of the largest castles in Scotland. It changed hands many times in the Middle Ages and was partly blown up in 1692 to keep it out of Jacobite hands.
