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Loch Ness
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Lake at the northeast end of the *Great Glen, some 36km/22m long and in part 230m/754ft deep. It is known in particular for the Loch Ness Monster, the world's most elusive tourist attraction, affectionately known as Nessie. Numerous sightings have been reported since a road was built along the lake edge in the 1930s, and there have even been serious scientific investigations (though very deep lakes elsewhere do also tend to have rumoured monsters). Enthusiasts trace the first sighting back to St *Columba in the 6C; his early biographer, St Adamnan, tells how he used the sign of the Cross to repel a savage monster in the river Ness.
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