This is the Hambro Memorial
situated on a hill on the remote south side of Loch Ness, near Fort Augustus..jpg)
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The memorial commemorates the death of Mrs Hambro (wife of the famous banker) August 1932. She was travelling in a speed boat on the loch along with her husband and two sons. Tragically the boat overturned and Mrs Hambro drowned.
Attempts were made to recover the body but the searches proved to be futile due to the depth and blackness of the water. From soundings taken at the time, the depth of the water was recorded as 110 metres a mere 4 metres from the shore.
CORRIE'S CAVE
Amidst the gigantic rocks below
the Hambro Memorial is Corrie's Cave. But even with this knowledge the
entrance to the Loch Ness cave is notoriously difficult to locate.
The red arrow points roughly
to the location of the Cave.


The entrance is steep and a fixed rope is desirable particularly to assist with exiting the cave.
The entrance is narrow (photos 1 and 2) and after a short distance you have to descend through an opening (photo3) to enter a narrow serpentine corridor (photo 3) and an inner chamber.

The cave is named after a local Fort Augustus man, Alexander Macdonald, whose nickname was Corrie, or Gorrie. He became a fugitive after he shot at the Duke of Cumberland's Redcoat Army when they were on the march near Fort Augustus. He evaded capture and escaped to the hills where he lived for years in Corrie's Cave.