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RANNOCH
, a See also:district of See also:north-See also:west See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, partly extending into See also:Argyllshire
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It See also:measures 32 M
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E. and W. and from 10 to 12 M
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N. and S. and is surrounded by the districts of See also:Badenoch, See also:Atholl, See also:Breadalbane, Lorne and See also:Lochaber
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Much of it is See also:wild, See also:bleak and boggy, and, saving on the E., it is shut in by rugged mountains
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The See also:chief See also:rivers are
?he See also:Tummel and the See also:Ericht, and the See also:principal lakes See also:Loch Rannoch and Loch Lydoch, or Laidon (about 6 m. See also:long, m. wide and 924 ft. above the See also:sea)
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Loch Rannoch lies E. and W., measures 91 m. long by fully 1 m. broad, is 668 ft. above the sea, covers an See also:area of nearly 71 sq. m., and has a greatest See also:depth of 440 ft
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It receives the Ericht and many other streams, and discharges by the Tummel, draining a See also:total area of 2431 sq. m
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At the See also:head of the See also:lake is Rannoch See also:Barracks, so named because it was originally built to accommodate a detachment of troops, under See also:ensign (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:Hector See also:Munro, stationed here to maintain See also:order after the Jacobite rising of 1745
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Two See also:miles See also:east is Carie, which was the See also:residence of See also:
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