Old travel Blog photograph of Jess Mary's Bay, Loch Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. Jess Mary's Bay is named after Jess Mary Cameron, who foresaw after Culloden that the Robertson children would have their brains dashed out by the lochside. The Robertson clan seat was at Dall Estate. Depopulation occurred after the 1745 Rebellion. The Robertsons were the chief clan in Rannoch in the old days, owning much land, including all the south side of the loch, in Gaelic, Slios Garbh, meaning “ the Rough Side ’. One of their most warlike chiefs was Alexander Struan Robertson. He took part in all three Stewart Rebellions. He led his clan in 1689 at Killiecrankie, then in 1715 at Sherrifmuir, where he was captured, and in 1745 at Preston Pans, from where he returned triumphant in the captured coach of Sir John Cope, the enemy general. There is a sad spot on the north side of Loch Rannoch known as the Grove of the Hanging Trees, for many unfortunate MacDonald clansmen met their deaths on these oaks. The last of many was Donald Ban who was hanged there in 1745 by the government troops for cattle thieving, finally quelling the lawless clans of Rannoch. This is a large loch running east to west and extending to ten miles in length and just over a mile at it widest. The small village of Kinloch Rannoch lies at the eastern end of the loch.
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