Rannoch ( gd, Raineach or , meaning '
bracken') is an area of the
Scottish Highlands between the
A9 road, to the east, and the
A82, to the west. The area is crossed from south to north by the
West Highland railway line.
Features of the area include
Loch Rannoch and
Rannoch Moor. The
loch
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots language, Scots and Irish language, Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is Cognate, cognate with the Manx language, Manx lough, Cornish language, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh language, Welsh w ...
is in the northwest of the
council area of
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
. The
moor extends further west, into the south of the
Highland council area.
The moor is partly within the
catchment basin of the loch. The loch itself drains to the east, via the
River Tummel into the
River Tay
The River Tay ( gd, Tatha, ; probably from the conjectured Brythonic ''Tausa'', possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing') is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates ...
.
The railway links
Rannoch station and
Corrour station with
Fort William in the north and
Glasgow in the south. Via the north bank of Loch Rannoch the B846 road links Rannoch station with the A9 between
Pitlochry and
Blair Atholl. Corrour station is remote from any public road.
The village of
Kinloch Rannoch is on the B846 at the eastern (River Tummel) end of the loch.
Map references
References
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Highlands and Islands of Scotland