Pooka
05-31-07, 01:09 PM
World Heritage status is being sought from the United Nations for Loch Ness and the Great Glen.
Destination Loch Ness, a group made up of businesses associated with the area, will make an application to Unesco for the designation.
There are already bids from Scotland for the internationally-recognised protection to be given to the Antonine Wall and Culloden Battlefield.
In the UK, Stonehenge and St Kilda have the status.
If successful, Loch Ness and the Great Glen site would also join the Great Wall of China, Pyramids of Egypt and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on the list.
The loch is renowned around the world for unexplained sightings in its waters, which some believe to be a monster.
This week, it has been a stage in the Wilderness ARC - 2007 Adventure Racing Championship and competitors had to swim part of the loch.
The other Scottish bids are for Culloden, the site of the last battle on British soil and the Roman-built Antonine Wall.
The wall, which runs 37 miles (59km) from Bo'ness, near Falkirk, to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire, was nominated for the classification in January.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6705221.stm)
Destination Loch Ness, a group made up of businesses associated with the area, will make an application to Unesco for the designation.
There are already bids from Scotland for the internationally-recognised protection to be given to the Antonine Wall and Culloden Battlefield.
In the UK, Stonehenge and St Kilda have the status.
If successful, Loch Ness and the Great Glen site would also join the Great Wall of China, Pyramids of Egypt and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on the list.
The loch is renowned around the world for unexplained sightings in its waters, which some believe to be a monster.
This week, it has been a stage in the Wilderness ARC - 2007 Adventure Racing Championship and competitors had to swim part of the loch.
The other Scottish bids are for Culloden, the site of the last battle on British soil and the Roman-built Antonine Wall.
The wall, which runs 37 miles (59km) from Bo'ness, near Falkirk, to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire, was nominated for the classification in January.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6705221.stm)