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RANNOCH , a See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

north-See also:

west See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

Scotland, partly extending into See also:

ARGYLLSHIRE

Argyllshire. It See also:

MEASURES

measures 32 M. E. and W. and from 10 to 12 M. N. and S. and is surrounded by the districts of See also:

BADENOCH

Badenoch, See also:

Atholl, See also:

Breadalbane, Lorne and See also:

LOCHABER

Lochaber. Much of it is See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild, See also:

BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak and boggy, and, saving on the E., it is shut in by rugged mountains. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

rivers are ?he See also:

TUMMEL

Tummel and the See also:

ERICHT, LOCH

Ericht, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal lakes See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Rannoch and Loch Lydoch, or Laidon (about 6 m. See also:

long, m. wide and 924 ft. above the See also:

sea). 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

area of nearly 71 sq. m., and has a greatest See also:

DEPTH

depth of 440 ft. It receives the Ericht and many other streams, and discharges by the Tummel, draining a See also:

TOTAL

total area of 2431 sq. m. 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 (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign (afterwards See also:

SIR

Sir) See also:

HECTOR

Hector See also:

Munro, stationed here to maintain See also:

order after the Jacobite rising of 1745. Two See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

east is Carie, which was the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of See also:

Alexander See also:

Robertson, 13th See also:

baron of Struan (1670-1749), the Jacobite and poet, who was " out" with See also:

Dundee (1689), See also:

Mar (1715) and See also:

Prince See also:

Charles See also:

EDWARD

Edward (1745), and yet managed to See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape all See also:

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment beyond self-imposed See also:

EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile to See also:

France after the first two rebellions. Kinloch Rannoch, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the loch, is the principal See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the district, and is in communication by See also:

COACH (through the Fr. coche, originally from the Magyar kocsi, an adjective from the Hungarian place named Kocs, between Raab and Buda, i.e. the sort of vehicle used there in the 15th century)

coach with Struan station (13 M. distant) on the Highland, and Rannoch station (6 m.) on the West Highland railway. Dugald See also:

Buchanan (1716-1768), the Gaelic poet, was school-See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

VILLAGE

village for thirteen years, and a See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk has been erected to his memory.

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