Rannoch Barracks
| Rannoch Barracks | |
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| Bridge of Gaur | |
The modern Rannoch Barracks at the west end of Loch Rannoch
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 Rannoch Barracks
Location within Perth and Kinross
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| Coordinates | 56°40′39″N 04°27′01″W / 56.67750°N 4.45028°WCoordinates: 56°40′39″N 04°27′01″W / 56.67750°N 4.45028°W |
| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Baron Pearson of Rannoch |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1746 |
| In use | 1746-1798 |
Rannoch Barracks was a military barracks constructed in 1746 at Bridge of Gaur (Braes of Rannoch), Perthshire, Scotland, at the western end of Loch Rannoch. The barracks were built in response to the Jacobite uprising of 1745.
The present Rannoch Barracks is the Scottish residence of Baron Pearson of Rannoch, a British businessman and the former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Situated on a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) estate, the shooting lodge is named after the former barracks.
The Barracks are near to the church and deserted hamlet at Braes of Rannoch.
The barracks were built in 1746 in response to the Jacobite uprisings, and to overawe the Robertson clan, though, by a strange quirk of fate, they would later become the residence of the chief. Following the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden (1746), "Butcher" Cumberland ordered his troops to show no quarter to any remaining Jacobite rebels. The Hanoverian Army (known as "Redcoats") then embarked upon the so-called "pacification" of Jacobite areas of the Highlands. Numerous barracks were constructed throughout the Highlands to house the Government troops, including one at the head of Loch Rannoch at Braes of Rannoch (now called Bridge of Gaur). It is likely that it was a thatched-roof construction, more quarters than castle.
Rannoch's clans had played a full part in the Jacobite uprisings. All those the troops believed to be rebels were killed, as were some non-combatants. "Rebellious" settlements were burned and livestock was confiscated on a large scale.
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