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Loch Ness Scotland

August 18, 2015 By Ron Leave a Comment

Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle

When you look at a 3-D map of the Scottish Highlands , the first thing you notice is a long divide going south-west to north-east, from Fort William to Inverness. This is what is called the "Great Glen"(gaelic : An Gleann Mòr), a large geological fault called the Great Glen Fault, caused by the sliding between the Grampian mountains in the south, towards south-east, and the Northwest Highlands, in the north, towards north-west. The Great Glen south of Inverness is the location of the famous Loch Ness and Loch Ness Monster Legend. About Loch Ness Loch Ness is a deep loch of freshwater. It … [Read more...] about Loch Ness Scotland

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