View of Loch Ness from the Black Rock

Loch Ness is the largest of three lochs in the Great Glen. It is 23 miles long, 1 mile wide and has an average depth of 600ft. This gives Loch Ness the largest volume of water in any loch or lake in Great Britain. The loch is also said to be the home of the monster which was first seen by St Columba in the 6th century. This illustration shows the view from Black Rock, which can be found about half a mile from Inverfarigaig. When General Wade built his military roads after the 1715 Jacobite Rising he had to blast through this rock, a great engineering achievement at the time.<br /> <br /> This illustration was taken from 'Remarkable Ruins and Romantic Prospects', by Charles Cordiner (1788)