Did you see her? Oops, I must have missed her - Nessie just went by! Wink, wink!
Today we went up to Loch Ness and saw the ruins of the Urquhart Castle. It was a castle from the 1200s when it had been built on top of an old fort that had probably been around since the 500s. It had been destroyed by its last occupants in the 1692 so that their enemies could not use it against them. It changed hands many times because of many wars between different Scottish clans and between the Scots and the English. It was really all quite confusing! But the castle ruins were really great.
The picture above is the latrine in the guards quarters - see the drain in the floor. There were pipes that you could see in various walls - seems they had a reasonable plumbing system.
The circular staircase that went up into the tower. It was fine going up but down was a little difficult if someone else was coming up.
There was a moat around this castle - well the loch on one side and the moat around the other with a draw bridge.
It was a very pretty spot - right above Nessie's home, Loch Ness! The loch itself is 27 miles long and 800 ft deep in spots - so, she could be hiding somewhere!
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