Podcasts Culture Unique Scotland Inverness has a rather sad and bloody history, caused mainly by its strategic location at the head of the Great Glen and countless armies trying to control the area. St Columba, Macbeth and Malcolm, Robert the Bruce, Oliver Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Char

Inverness has a rather sad and bloody history, caused mainly by its strategic location at the head of the Great Glen and countless armies trying to control the area. St Columba, Macbeth and Malcolm, Robert the Bruce, Oliver Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Char

Published: Sept. 26, 2020, 2:04 p.m.

Inverness dates back to the 6th Century and is chronicled in the Biography of St Columba by Adomnan his scribe. The first reference to the Loch Ness Monster is recorded here when St Columba was asked by the locals to rid the loch of a terrible monster that was terrorising the fishermen and those living by the lochside. But there is so much more to Inverness and its surrounds and you can hear all about it in this three part series from Inverness to Gairloch.