Loch Rannoch (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Raineach) is a freshwater loch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is over 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long in a west–east direction with an average width of about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi), and is deepest at its eastern end, reaching a depth of 130 metres (440 ft).[1] The River Tummel begins at its eastern end, where the small village of Kinloch Rannoch can be found, whilst the wild expanse of Rannoch Moor extends to the west of the loch.[2] The area surrounding Loch Rannoch, along with Rannoch Moor itself, was formerly part of the native Caledonian Forest that stretched across much of Northern Scotland.[1] Native forest is now largely absent from much of the area, due partly to logging, and partly to the climate becoming wetter,[1] and Loch Rannoch is now largely surrounded by commercial forestry and open hillsides,[2] although a small area remains at the Black Wood of Rannoch on the southern shore of the loch.[3]
Loch Rannoch forms part of the Loch Rannoch and Glen Lyon National Scenic Area, one of 40 such areas in Scotland, which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development by restricting certain forms of development.[4]
^ abcdefghTom Weir. The Scottish Lochs. pp. 69-75. Published by Constable and Company, 1980. ISBN 0-09-463270-7
LochRannoch (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Raineach) is a freshwater loch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is over 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long in a west–east...
of around 50 square miles (130 km2) of boggy moorland to the west of LochRannoch in Scotland, where it extends from and into westerly Perth and Kinross...
Kinloch Rannoch (/ˌkɪnlɒx ˈrænəx/; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Raineach) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the eastern end of LochRannoch, 18...
Chuil (920 m) 3a. Loch Leven to Rannoch Station Aonach Eagach - Sgor nam Fiannaidh (967.7 m) Meall Dearg (952.2 m) 3b. Loch Linnhe to Loch Etive Bidean nam...
West Highland railway line. Features of the area include LochRannoch and Rannoch Moor. The loch is in the northwest of the council area of Perth and Kinross...
18th century, was "Maiden Pap". Schiehallion lies between Loch Tay, LochRannoch and Loch Tummel, about 10 miles (16 kilometres) to the west-north-west...
The LochRannoch and Glen Lyon National Scenic Area is a national scenic area (NSA) covering the area surrounding LochRannoch, Glen Lyon, and the Ben...
Bridge at the western end of the loch that takes water from Dunalastair reservoir below LochRannoch, and discharges into Loch Tummel: this station has a vertical...
With the loch bed being at 200m asl, ice has excavated a trench at least 450 m deep. The glacier has carried erratic boulders of Rannoch granite far...
Rannoch School was a private boarding school, located on the south shore of LochRannoch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland on the Dall Estate, 6 miles (9...
spelled Schehallien), a 1,083 m (3,553 ft) peak lying between Loch Tay and LochRannoch in the central Scottish Highlands. The mountain stood in isolation...
miles (25 kilometres) west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A minor public...
locations: Allean, also close to Loch Tummel Faskally, between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie Carie on the south side of LochRannoch Grandtully, between Aberfeldy...
sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn — often translated as "Loch Heaven" (from the Gaelic Loch Néimh) and "Loch Hell" (Gaelic: Loch Iutharn) respectively...
Rannoch Barracks was a military barracks constructed in 1746 at Bridge of Gaur (Braes of Rannoch), Perthshire, Scotland, at the western end of Loch Rannoch...
Glen Shiel for the much smaller Loch Shiel in Lochalsh. Loch Shiel (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Seile) is a freshwater loch situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) west...
Achtriochtan. Loch Achtriochtan is Loch Trychardan (loch of the three friends or relatives) in Timothy Pont's map of the area. After the loch the river turns...
plateau down to Loch Garten on the north side of the range, and Glenmore Forest Park, covering a remnant of the Caledonian Forest surrounding Loch Morlich, is...
northern edge of Rannoch Moor. It is not accessible by any public roads. The nearest road, the B846 road from LochRannoch to Rannoch station, is a ten-mile...
which issues from Loch Garry (2.5 mi (4.0 km) and 1,334 ft (407 m) above sea level). Some 2 miles from its outlet from LochRannoch the river expands...
Skye), Tummel and LochRannoch (both in Perthshire), Lochaber (a district in the western Scottish Highlands), Shiel (a reference to Loch Shiel west of Fort...
to a mountain lake in the northeast corrie, Lochan na Gaire, the 'little loch of the noisy sound'. Beinn Chìochan or Beinn nan Cìochan, 'mountain of breasts'...
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