Loch Rannoch
Loch Rannoch | |
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Location | Perth and Kinross |
Coordinates | 56°40′59″N 4°18′50″W / 56.68306°N 4.31389°W |
Type | freshwater loch |
Primary outflows | River Tummel |
Max. length | 15.69 km (9.75 mi)[1] |
Max. width | 1.21 km (0.75 mi)[1] |
Average depth | 51.1 m (167.5 ft)[1] |
Max. depth | 130 m (440 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 0.97 km3 (0.23 cu mi)[1] |
Loch Rannoch (
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]
Tourism
The surrounding area has many attractions, which can be found on the Rannoch and Tummel Tourist Association site which has information about the glen. The loch offers good sport
Areas of forestry around Loch Rannoch owned by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) form part of the Tay Forest Park, a network of FLS forests spread across the Highland parts of Perthshire that are managed to provide walks and amenities for visitors.[6]
Historical sites
A crannog[7] is present at Eilean nam Faoileag in the western half of the loch. A folly was constructed on the island in the nineteenth century, reputedly by a Baron Granbley. The folly, which is still standing, takes the form of a tower, and may be based on the design of a small island prison.[8] There may also be crannog at Eilean Beal na Gaoire at the very western end of the loch, however the level of the loch has been raised causing the island to become submerged, and so its status as a crannog was regarded as uncertain when surveyed in 1969.[9]
Mary, Queen of Scots, who was in Glen Tilt, wrote to Colin Campbell of Glenorchy on 3 August 1564, asking him to demolish a house of strength on an island in the loch. The Clan Macdonald of Clanranald were rebuilding the house, which her father James V had previously ordered to be demolished.[10]
Transport
The historic route of the
Hydro-electricity
Rannoch Power Station, on the northern shore of the loch, is part of the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, which is operated by SSE. The power station has a vertical head of 156 m (512 ft) and a total generating capacity of 44 MW, and uses water fed by pipeline and tunnel from Loch Ericht which is discharged into Loch Rannoch.[13]
Black Wood of Rannoch
The Black Wood of Rannoch, a fragment of the former
The Black Wood of Rannoch had been used to provide
References
- ^ ISBN 0-09-463270-7
- ^ a b c Ordnance Survey. Landranger 1:50000 Sheet 42. Glen Garry and Loch Rannoch.
- ^ a b "Site Details for Black Wood of Rannoch SAC". Scottish Natural Heritage. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "National Scenic Areas". Scottish Natural Heritage. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Fishing around Rannoch and Tummel". Loch Rannoch Conservation Association. 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Tay Forest Park: Tall Trees & Big Views" (PDF). Forestry Commission Scotland. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Armit, Ian (2003). "The Drowners: permanence and transience in the Hebridean Neolithic". In Armit, I.; Murphy, E.; Simpson, D. (eds.). Neolithic Settlement in Ireland and Western Britain. Oxford: Oxbow.
- ^ "Loch Rannoch, Eilean Nam Faoileag". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Eilean Beal Na Gaoire". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ HMC 6th Report: Menzies (London, 1877), p. 692: Register of the Privy Council, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 292.
- ^ "Kinloch Rannoch". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Lyrics - Road to the Isles". www.scottish-folk-music.com. 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Power from the Glens/Neart nan Gleann" (PDF). Scottish Hydro Electric. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Black Wood of Rannoch Special Area of Conservation". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Black Wood of Rannoch". Forestry Commission Scotland. Retrieved 26 April 2018.