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Loch Ness

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:21:23 +0000

Loch Ness is situated in the Scottish Highlands. From the Moray Firth, the River Ness runs through Inverness, past Loch Dochfour and onto Loch Ness for about 23 miles. The Loch runs from Lochend in the North to Fort Augustus in the south. In terms of surface area, Loch Ness is the second largest loch in Scotland, with its deepest point being 230 metres.

A Spooky Scottish Story

admin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:27:58 +0000

Here is the start of a story that a visitor to the Ghost Forum told:

“when i was seven my family and i moved to a new house out in a little village in moy, scotland. The houses there are all over 100 years old and quite spooky in itself lol! My new bedroom was great…except for the breathing i heard at night! every night just after i had to go to bed…i would hear this heavy breathing.

Of course i told my parents and they thought i had been dreaming or it may be the wind coming through the wee gap when the window was ajar…so they shut it at night…but i still heard it. I was so scared to go to sleep and wouldnt get out of bed for the toilet…meaning i had a few accidents that i just sat it out of fear!”

Fort William

admin — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:59:10 +0000

Fort William was originally based around the village of Inverlochy but now lies at the southern end of the Great Glen, on the shores of Loch Linnhe and Loch Eil.

Throughout history the area around Fort Willian was strongly Cameron country, and there were a number of Cameron settlements close by such as Blarmacfoldach.

Prior to the building of the fort itself, the largest settlement in the area was Inverlochy which was the site of the Battle of Inverlochy.

The town itself grew up as a settlement next to a fort constructed to control the population after Oliver Cromwell’s invasion during the English Civil War.

It was then used to suppress the Jacobite uprisings of the 18th century.

Full article about the history of Fort William: http://www.fortwilliamonline.co.uk/pages/history.html