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  Loch Rannoch - Encyclopedia.com
It is fed by the Ericht River and drained by the Tummel River to the Tay River.
cottage alongside Loch Rannoch, in the midst of...
UK activities: A stroll by Loch Lomond is less of a ramble, more of a scramble Gentle and rugged, the most arduous stretch of the West Highland Way is down by the water, says Naomi Marks.
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The dramatic scenery around Loch Rannoch, plus the endless array of outdoor pursuits, will surely provide fond memories.
Marvel at the rugged mountains, enormous lochs, winding rivers and thick woodlands as you drive to local distilleries, castles, craft centres and famous historic sites.
Hidden away amid 250 acres of breathtaking Perthshire countryside Loch Rannoch Hotel and Resort is an enduring testament to the charms of highland living, with its comfortable lounges, sumptuous bedrooms and stunning views.
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 Cycling In Scotland - Around Loch Rannoch
The intention was to determine the mass of the Earth by observing the deflection of a pendelum caused by the mass of the mountain itself.
The Black Wood of Rannoch is one of the remaining areas of the original Caledonian Pine Forest that once covered the whole of Scotland.
Rannoch Station, the remotest railway station in Britain, is four miles further west, there's a tea room in the station and a hotel nearby which also does bar food.
cycling.visitscotland.com /sitewide/imported_routes/around_loch_rannoch   (478 words)

  
  Kinloch Rannoch Area Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kinloch Rannoch is a little village at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch.
Rannoch Station may not be the end of the line, but it is the end of the road.
Rannoch Moor, is magnificent; a vast boggy plateau at an altitude of 1000ft covered with lochs and lochans, surrounded by distant mountains.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /arearann/index.html   (305 words)

  
 Loch Rannoch - Fishing in Perthshire Scotland for trout, charr, pike and salmon
Loch Rannoch is a large water running east to west and extending to 10 miles in length and just over a mile at it widest.
The loch is fed at its western end by the River Gaur which itself is sourced far to the west from Lochs Laidon and Eigheach.
While the loch is part of the Tummel/Garry hydro scheme, with a barrage at its eastern outflow, the loch is quite natural and very beautiful.
www.fishingnet.com /Loch-Rannoch.htm   (537 words)

  
 Tours of Scotland, Highland Perthshire and Kinloch Rannoch.
The Scottish Highland village of Kinloch Rannoch lies on the River Tummel, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch in the Breadalbane country of beautiful and historic Highland Perthshire.
To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch, is Dalchosnie, where English invaders are said to have fought Robert the Bruce in 1306, and farther south extends Glen Sassunn, beyond which rise the peaks of the extensive 3,000 ft Carn Mairg group of mountains.
Loch Rannoch has well-wooded roads on both north and south shores, these roads converging some five miles east of the remote Rannoch Railroad Station, which lies almost on the Argyll border.
www.visitrannoch.com /index.html   (331 words)

  
 Kinloch Rannoch and Rannoch
Kinloch Rannoch village lies on the River Tummel, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch in the Breadalbane country of beautiful Highland Perthshire (Area Map).
To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch, is Dalchosnie (Map), where English invaders are said to have fought Robert the Bruce in 1306, and farther south extends Glen Sassunn, beyond which rise the peaks of the extensive 3,000 ft Carn Mairg group of mountains.
To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch rises the sharp quartzite cone of Schiehallion, 3,547 ft., one of the best known landmarks and viewpoints in the Central Highlands, and the focal point in the panorama from the famous Queen's View near Loch Tummel.
www.visitdunkeld.com /kinloch-rannoch.htm   (1886 words)

  
 Rannoch Moor, near Glencoe - an article in the Internet Guide to Scotland
The Moor of Rannoch is as wild and sombre a stretch of country as any in Scotland, especially when shrouded in mist or lashed by driving rain or snow, a terrifying wilderness for the lonely walker.
The lochs on the moor are good for trout and the sandy shores and the islets attract interesting birds, such as the fl-throated diver, goosander and merganser, while on the heather slopes are curlew and red grouse.
Nearing Kinloch Rannoch, the shapely cone of the mountain called Schiehallion (in Gaelic the meaning is The Fairy Hill of the Caledonians) dominates the views from the village where the Stewarts were the most numerous clan.
www.scotland-inverness.co.uk /rannoch.htm   (817 words)

  
 Rannoch Net - Ben Alder and Rannoch Station   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rannoch station is perhaps the second most remote station on the beautiful West Highland line.
Part of Rannoch Moor is a national nature reserve and it is the home of a special rush called the Rannoch Rush which is only found in a few other places.
North of Loch Rannoch, very much in the middle of nowhere, on the shores of Loch Ericht is Ben Alder Cottage.
www.rannoch.net /Places.htm   (796 words)

  
 Clan Gregor - History - The MacGregors of Rannoch
Rannoch Moor is virtually impassable but there is a railway line that threads across it that stops at Rannoch Station.
Stories of its mountains, lochs, and rivers are interwoven with the legends of the clans with the names of Robertson, Stewart, Menzies, MacGregor, MacDonald, Cameron, and Macdougall.
On the south side of the loch is the Blackwood of Rannoch, one of the last remnants of the ancient Caledonian Forest of Scotland, where the Camerons, the MacDougalls and the Robertsons (Clan Donnachaidh) held sway.
www.clangregor.org /history-rannoch.html   (627 words)

  
 The Central Highlands
In this chapter you'll find: Loch Tay and surroundings, Loch Tummel and surroundings, Pitlochry and surroundings, Loch Rannoch and surroundings, and the daytrip Tummel Bridge, Loch Tay, Crianlarich, Appin, Loch Leven and Kinlochleven, Fort William, Spean Bridge, Dalwhinnie.
Loch Tay is about 15 miles long, the two biggest villages are situated on both sides of the loch.
Loch Creran had to be rounded for a long time, but the old railroad bridge has been converted and open to traffic since '99.
home.planet.nl /~kees0584/englochs.htm   (901 words)

  
 Tour Stunning Loch Rannoch
Rannoch is one of the most scenic and rewarding parts of Highland Perthshire, Scotland.
Loch Rannoch itself extends for 10 miles, averaging about 1 mile in width, and is famous for both its fishing and rough water.
Further west, at the end of the loch, is Braes of Rannoch parish church and the nearby Bridge of Gaur.
www.scotland247.co.uk /loch-rannoch2.htm   (339 words)

  
 Tour Loch Tummel And Rannoch
Loch Tummel and Loch Rannoch are often referred to in the same breath, but they are far from identical.
Like Loch Rannoch, Tummel has a road on each side, the northern much the faster to traverse, and more scenic in that it rises higher and gives wider vistas, especially of Schiehallion to the south-west.
There are few settlements on the southern shore of the loch, but at its west end is the small hamlet of Foss, where there is an attractive church within an ancient graveyard, burial-place of various old Stewart and Menzies families.
www.scotland247.co.uk /loch-tummel-rannoch2.htm   (338 words)

  
 A History of Rannoch - The Distant Past
Most of their burial mounds are at the east end of Loch Rannoch because this is the part that has been occupied more or less continuously since early days.
In pre-history the river issued from Loch Rannoch 400 yards south of its present position and flowed close to the fort, which could give sanctuary to the peoples of the nearby village of Bunrannoch when danger approached.
Rannoch in olden times had two islands: Eilean Beal na Gaoire at the West end of the loch where the Rive Gaur has emptied its water, and An-t-Eilean Ferna at the mouth of the River Ericht.
www.electricscotland.com /History/rannoch1.htm   (2799 words)

  
 Birchwood Hotel images loch rannoch moor
Loch Rannoch, the second stage, after Loch Tummel, of the Road to the Isles, gives a first taste of the wildness which predominates further west.
It is 10 miles long, scenically stunning and on its south bank substantial remnants of the ancient Caledonian forest which once covered Scotland may be explored.
A few miles west of the loch at Rannoch Station, the road ends and the wide, big-sky wilderness of Rannoch Moor begins.
www.birchwoodhotel.co.uk /picrannoch.htm   (135 words)

  
 Fishing in Scottish Lochs, Perthshire, Angus and Dundee
Loch is the Scottish word for Lake, Stillwaters and Reservoirs and in Tayside there are a variety of such waters, natural hill lochs, manmade lochs dams and reservoirs some nestling in the hills and others lying in lush lowlands.
Dunalastair Reservoir is a shallow loch created by the hydro scheme and it has abundant insect life that is preyed upon by very large brown trout.
Rescobie Loch is a shallow, fertile basin extending to 200 acres that provides excellent fishing for rainbow and brown trout.
www.btinternet.com /~alastair.gowans/lochs.htm   (739 words)

  
 The Session: Tunes - Loch Rannoch (waltz)
Even by Scottish standards Loch Rannoch is singularly huge and bleak.
It contains colossal trout called ferox, sometimes caught by Victorian anglers, whose life was mysterious until a keen angler recently used an echo-sounder to locate them and work out their habits (I mean the ferox, not the Victorians).
I cycled miles along a lonely road across Rannoch Moor, until I reached the station, where the road comes to an abrupt stop.
www.thesession.org /tunes/display/6455   (287 words)

  
 Scottish Picture Gallery - loch rannoch Photograph
This is a photograph of Loch Rannoch (I think) looking towards the Glencoe.
Loch Rannoch is over 15 kilometres lying in an almost east-west trajectory.
The River Tummel is its main contributing river source and ends at the eastern end of the Loch.
www.scotlandforvisitors.com /lochrannoch.php   (52 words)

  
 LOCH TUMMEL & LOCH RANNOCH
The scenery surrounding them is quite beautiful, and gradually becomes wilder moving westwards, from the wooded slopes around Loch Faskally to the bleak moorland of Loch Eigheach.
The much photographed 'Queen's View' is worth stopping at, as is the Black Wood of Rannoch - a remnant of the type of forest which once covered all of Scotland.
Rannoch Station is on the edge of Rannoch Moor - bleak or beautiful, depending on taste.
www.knockendarroch.co.uk /tummel-rannoch.htm   (106 words)

  
 Overview of Tummel Hydro-Electric Power Scheme   (Site not responding. Last check: )
From Loch Ericht, the water passes down through the 45 MW Rannoch station, on the northern shore of Loch Rannoch.
Water from Loch Tummel is conveyed by tunnel, represented for tourists by the nearby Clunie Arch, to the 61.2 MW Clunie station, at the confluence of the Rivers Garry and Tummel, just south of Killiecrankie, before flowing into the small man-made Loch Faskally.
Loch Faskally, the last reservoir in the scheme, is held behind the Pitlochry Dam.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst3844.html   (364 words)

  
 Loch Rannoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Loch Rannoch (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Raineach) is a large body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
The wild Rannoch Moor extends to the west of the loch and used to be part of the Caledonian Forest that stretched across much of Northern Scotland.
The small village of Kinloch Rannoch lies at the eastern end of the loch, and a crannog (an ancient artificial island) can be found near its western end.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loch_Rannoch   (255 words)

  
 Castle Menzies Holiday Cottages - Touring Routes
Around Loch Rannoch it is worth stopping 2 miles West of Kinloch rannoch to capture the famous view of Schiehallion from the lochside looking East.
The very unobtrusive hydro-electric station on the North Loch Rannoch shore generates electricity from a tunnel from Loch Ericht and was one of the very first in UK.
Pass loch Tay and through Crianlarich to Tyndrum, where you should note the the area cleared high on the southern slopes of the valley as you turn right for Glencoe.
www.castlemenzies.com /Touring_Routes.html   (2071 words)

  
 Macdonald Loch Rannoch Hotel & Resort - Book Hotels in Kinloch Rannoch - Superbreak
Kinloch Rannoch, By Pitlochry, Tayside, PH16 5PS, Scotland
This former Victorian shooting lodge is situated deep in the Perthshire Highlands overlooking Loch Rannoch with views of the spectacular mountain of Schiehallion.
Book Macdonald Loch Rannoch Hotel and Resort in Kinloch Rannoch with Superbreak today, or browse the hotel directory for a wide selection of hotels in Kinloch Rannoch available to book online.
www.superbreak.com /hotels/hotel-7516.htm   (176 words)

  
 Pictures of Loch Rannoch, Scotland
A derelict shed next to a placid loch in the region of Loch Rannoch.
The londely wilderness on the quiet road to Rannoch train station, to the west of Loch Rannoch.
A panorama of the peak of Shehallion, the tallest mountain in the Loch Rannoch region f Scotland.
www.jameswiseman.com /lochrannoch.php   (69 words)

  
 Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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Loch Ran·noch and Glen Ly·on National Scenic Area in central Scotland
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 Kinloch Rannoch, Loch Rannoch
Highlights are the internationally famous Queens View, the Black Wood of Rannoch, a rare remnant of the Caledonian forest, and the slopes of famous Schiehallion, the 'Hill of the Fairies' cascading into the clear waters of Loch Rannoch, as you near Kinloch Rannoch and the hotel.
From Kinloch Rannoch, Loch Rannoch runs for over 10 miles to the Bridge of Gaur, and is home to trout, salmon and the unusual arctic char.
The landscape changes quite dramatically as you travel west along the loch; from birch and pinewoods you come to wilder open country until at the end of the road you arrive at Rannoch station with bleak, foreboding but spectacular Rannoch Moor spread out beyond.
www.dunalastair.co.uk /location/aboutrannoch.htm   (257 words)

  
 Kinloch Rannoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kinloch Rannoch (Gaelic: Ceann Loch Raineach) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, which lies at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles (29 km) west of Pitlochry, and sits on the banks of the River Tummel.
The name of the village is a slight oddity as Kinloch normally refers to a place at the head of a loch, not the foot.
In the centre of the square in Kinloch Rannoch stands a large monument dedicated to the Gaelic poet Dugald Buchanan (D'ughall Bochanan) a local schoolmaster there.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kinloch_Rannoch   (200 words)

  
 Kinloch Rannoch Hotels, B&Bs and Self Catering Accommodation in perthshire
Located at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, Kinloch Rannoch is a small village that is an extremely popular destination with backpackers as a base for walking trips.
Rannoch Moor is a very boggy plateau where you will see all types of wild life from birds to stag.
Set majestically amid 250 acres of beautiful countryside in Highland Perthshire, The Loch Rannoch Hotel and Resort in the village of Kinloch Rannoch hugs the shores of Loch Rannoch and its stunning location ranks it as one of most definitive hotels and resorts in Scotland.
www.gnws.co.uk /scotland/kinlochrannoch.htm   (365 words)

  
 Loch Rannoch
Along the south side of the Loch and there, where the Blackwood of Rannoch starts, we stop for a moment, having a look at the hidden place we had stood on our journeys no. 3,4 and 5.
The entire south side of the Loch has decayed in the last years also here so very, that on this side camping ist not to be recommended.
Then we go back at the Loch Eigheach and further to the River Gaur, passing Rannoch Lodge we are back again at the Loch Rannoch.
www.familie-nass.de /rannoche.htm   (733 words)

  
 Lochs & Glens Holidays On-Line
Recently completed, it has been constructed to the highest standards, to a design that is perfectly suited to our guests' needs.
It occupies a spectacular position at the western end of Loch Tummel with beautiful views towards the famous Queens View.
Pitlochry, the well known highland resort is just 30 minutes drive away and Royal Deeside, Inverness and the famous Loch Ness can all be comfortably visited in a day.
www.lochsandglens.com /HotelTummel.asp   (108 words)

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