discours'd for the supposed floating island; for here it is, if anywhere in Scotland. Nor is it any other than a natural plantation of segs and bullrushes, matted and knit so close together by natural industry, and navigated by winds that blow every way, floats from one part of the Lough to another, upon the surface of the solid deeps of this small Mediterrane." Floating islands have been put forward as an explanation for sightings of the Loch Ness Monster. The Lochan The lochan is now located within a forestry pine plantation with one island still present however the floating island is no longer extant. References Saorach Saorach Glens of Scotland Valleys of Stirling (council area)