Sunday, 9 June 2013
AD 1658: The Floating Island of Loch Ness
Take a look at some ancient maps of Scotland and you may notice a strange phrase inscribed beside Loch Lomond which goes something like this:
“Loch Lomond famous for its floating island its fish without fins and being frequently tempestuous in a calm.”
Thus did cartographer Hermann Moll annotate his 1712 map of the Scottish county of Dunbartonshire (below). Cryptozoologists have speculated on whether these phrases refer to a strange creature residing in Loch Lomond or have a more mundane explanation.
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