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Kinloch Rannoch

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OS grid reference
  
NN662586

Country
  
Scotland

Postcode district
  
PH16

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:42 PM

Dialling code
  
01796

Council area
  
Perth and Kinross

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Police
  
Scottish

Post town
  
Pitlochry

Scottish parliament
  
Perthshire North

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind SW at 50 km/h, 59% Humidity

UK parliament constituency
  
Perth and North Perthshire

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Kinloch Rannoch (Gaelic: Ceann Loch Raineach) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles (29 km) west of Pitlochry, on the banks of the River Tummel. The village is a tourist and outdoor pursuits centre. It has a small population and is fairly remote.

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Map of Kinloch Rannoch, Pitlochry, UK

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. On the road to Rannoch Station is the church of A. E. Robertson at Braes of Rannoch.

Kinloch rannoch rannoch village august 2008


Overview

Formerly a tiny hamlet, Kinloch Rannoch, was enlarged and settled, under the direction of James Small, formerly an Ensign in Lord Loudoun’s Regiment, mainly by soldiers discharged from the army, but also by displaced crofters. Small had been appointed by the Commissioners for the Forfeited Estates to run the Rannoch estates, which had been seized from the clan chieftains who had supported the Jacobites following the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Local roads and bridges were improved, enabling soldiers at Rannoch Barracks to move more freely around the district.

Small was supported by Dugald Buchanan and his wife who taught the villagers new trades and crafts. Dugald (Dùghall Bochanan in Gaelic) was a local schoolmaster and Gaelic poet, who is commemorated by a large monument in the centre of the square in Kinloch Rannoch. He worked with James Stuart minister of Killin on translating Bible passages into Scottish Gaelic.

The main economic activities in the area are tourism, forestry and farming. Local tourist activities include rafting, cycling and trekking.

Near the village is a hill reputed to resemble the head, shoulders, and torso of a man. It has been given the name of "The Sleeping Giant". Local myth says that the giant will wake up only when he hears the sounds of his master's flute.

It also has a waterfall known as Fall of Allt Mor and there is a walkway to the hill.

The village and some of its inhabitants were featured in the film Shepherd on the Rock.

References

Kinloch Rannoch Wikipedia