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TUMMEL

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 370 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TUMMEL , a See also:

river of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland. Discharging from See also:Loch See also:Rannoch, it flows eastward to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the S.E., a direction which it maintains until it falls into the See also:Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of 58 m. from its source in Stob Ghabbar (3565 ft.). Its only considerable affluent is the Garry, 24 M. See also:long, an impetuous river which issues from Loch Garry (22 M. long, 4 m. wide, and 1334 ft. above the See also:sea). About midway in its course the Tummel expands into Loch Tummel (21 M. long, i m. wide, 128 ft. deep, and 500 ft. above the sea), between which and the confluence with the "Garry occur the Pass and Falls of the Tummel, which are rather in the nature of rapids, the descent altogether amounting to 15 ft. The scenery throughout this reach is most picturesque, culminating at the point above the eastern extremity of the loch, known as See also:Queen See also:Victoria's View. The See also:chief places of See also:interest on the, river are Kinloch Rannoch; Dunalastair, a rocky See also:hill in well-wooded grounds, the embellishment of which was largely due to See also:Alexander See also:Robertson of Struan (167o-1749), the Jacobite and poet, from whom the spot takes its name (" the stronghold of Alexander "); See also:Foss; Faskally See also:House (beautifully situated on the See also:left See also:bank); See also:Pitlochry; and Ballinluig.

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