Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Rannoch Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters Cottage at Bridge of Gaur in Rannoch, Highland Perthshire, Scotland. This hamlet was formerly, briefly, called Georgetown, as the redcoat barracks of Jacobite Rising of 1745 were then known, then known as Bridge of Rannoch, or Bridge of Gaur, after the bridge on the River Gaur. The River Gaur is the main tributary at the west end of Loch Rannoch, the extreme end of the River Tummel system. In order to reach this area salmon have to pass Pitlochry Dam, Clunie Dam, Dunalastair Dam, Rannoch Weir and Gaur Dam as well as negotiating several large lochs.



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Old Photograph Eilean nam Faoileag Scotland

Old photograph of Eilean nam Faoileag, Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland. On this island at the West end of Loch Rannoch is a mound of stones supporting a small tower. There are references to occupation of the island from the middle of the 15th century until the middle of the 17th century; the tower, however, is a 19th century folly. The tower, which still stands in fair condition, is reputed to have been built in the 19th century by a Baron Granbley and is said to be a reconstruction of a small island prison of the Clan Robertson of Struan.



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