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Encyclopedia > Rannoch Moor

Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 30 square miles (78 kmē) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in the Watsonian Vice County of Mid Perth and the County of Perthshire, in Scotland.


It is notable for its wildlife, and was freqently visited by Horace Donisthorpe who collected many unusual species of ants on the moor and surrounding hilly ground. Today it is still one of the few remaining habitats for Formica exsecta, the narrow-headed ant, although recent surveys have failed to produce any sign of Formica pratensis, which Donisthorpe all recorded in the area in the early part of the 20th century.


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Rannoch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (193 words)
Rannoch (Raineach or Raithneach in Gaelic) is an area of the Scottish Highlands between the A9 road, to the east, and the A82, to the west.
The moor is partly within the catchment basin of the loch.
The village of Kinloch Rannoch is on the B846 at the eastern (River Tummel) end of the loch.
Kinloch Rannoch and Rannoch (1871 words)
To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch, is Dalchosnie (Map), where English invaders are said to have fought Robert the Bruce in 1306, and farther south extends Glen Sassunn, beyond which rise the peaks of the extensive 3,000 ft Carn Mairg group of mountains.
To the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch rises the sharp quartzite cone of Schiehallion, 3,547 ft., one of the best known landmarks and viewpoints in the Central Highlands, and the focal point in the panorama from the famous Queen's View near Loch Tummel.
Another road climbs steeply on to the moors to the south-east of Kinloch Rannoch, and after passing the ruined St. Blane's Chapel at Lassintullich, goes close to the lower slopes of Schiehallion on the way to the little Loch Kinardochy near White Bridge.
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