This path was built to link the tiny fishing settlements along the edge of the loch and allow the precious cargo of "silver darlings" to be carried ashore.
In recent years, the famous lost cargo of silver began to beckon as technological strides resulted in new generations of sturdy robots, lights, cameras and claws that can withstand the crushing pressure of the deep.
When he found it after more than a decade's searching off the Florida coast, a hotbed for treasure hunters, the state claimed ownership of its cargo of silver coins and emerald jewellery.
The new arrivals were two Spanish 34-gun frigates, the Santa Elena and Ninfa, bound to Cádiz from Havana with a cargo of silver specie.
based in Tampa, Fla., announced in May 2007 that it had discovered the wreck in the Atlantic -- and its cargo of 500,000 silver coins, gold doubloons and other artifacts.
In Revelation 18, the vision of future justice includes the "merchants of the earth" mourning for rapacious Rome, because no one buys their "cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk... and slaves, that is, human souls".
Now, divers say they have found the wreck intact and they estimate its cargo at up to 240 tons of silver — a trove worth more than $200 million.
Off Ireland in 1917, a German torpedo sank the British steamship Mantola, sending the vessel and its cargo of an estimated 20 tons of silver to the seabed more than a mile down.
Last month, Odyssey announced its discovery of the British steamship Gairsoppa off Ireland and estimated its cargo at up to 240 tons of silver — a trove worth more than $200 million.
The Dutch West Indies Company presented it to commemorate Hein's capture of 16 Spanish galleons en route to Europe from Cuba with their cargo of gold and silver bullion.
