Kinloch Rannoch
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 Kinloch Rannoch
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| Kinloch Rannoch shown within Perth and Kinross | |
| OS grid reference | NN662586 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PITLOCHRY |
| Postcode district | PH16 |
| Dialling code | 01796 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Kinloch Rannoch (Gaelic: Ceann Loch Raineach) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles (29 km) west of Pitlochry, on the banks of the River Tummel. The village is a tourist and outdoor pursuits centre. It has a small population and is fairly remote.
The name of the village is a slight oddity as normally refers to a place at the head of a loch, not the foot. On the road to Rannoch Station is the church of A. E. Robertson at Braes of Rannoch.
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. Dugald (Dùghall Bochanan in Gaelic) 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.
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