Tour Scotland Video Of Old Photographs Of Kinloch Rannoch Highland Perthshire



Tour Scotland wee travel video Blog of old photographs of Kinloch Rannoch, Scottish Gaelic, Ceann Loch Raineach, a village in the Perthshire Highlands of Scotland. It is located at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles West of Pitlochry, on the banks of the River Tummel. 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. Buchanan 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. 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. The main economic activities in the area are agriculture, forestry, hydro power and tourism with local tourist activities including fishing, rafting, cycling and hiking. The village and some of its inhabitants were featured in the film Shepherd on the Rock.

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