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{{Short description|Area of the Scottish Highlands}}
{{Distinguish|text = the [[Quarian]] homeworld of the same name in the [[Mass Effect]] video game franchise}}
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'''Rannoch''' ({{langx|gd|Raineach}} or {{lang|gd|Raithneach}}, meaning '[[bracken]]') is an area of the [[Scottish Highlands]] between the [[A9 road (Scotland)|A9 road]], to the east, and the [[A82 road|A82]], to the west. The area is crossed from south to north by the [[West Highland Line|West Highland railway line]].

Features of the area include [[Loch Rannoch]] and [[Rannoch Moor]]. The [[loch]] is in the northwest of the [[council areas of Scotland|council area]] of [[Perth and Kinross]]. The [[moorland|moor]] extends further west, into the south of the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] council area.

The moor is partly within the [[drainage basin|catchment basin]] of the loch. The loch itself drains to the east, via the [[River Tummel]] into the [[River Tay]].

The railway links [[Rannoch railway station|Rannoch station]] and [[Corrour railway station|Corrour station]] with [[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]] in the north and [[Glasgow]] in the south. Via the north bank of Loch Rannoch the B846 road links Rannoch station with the A9 between [[Pitlochry]] and [[Blair Atholl]]. Corrour station is remote from any public road.

The village of [[Kinloch Rannoch]] is on the B846 at the eastern (River Tummel) end of the loch.

== Map references ==

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| '''Place''' || align=right| '''[[Ordnance Survey]]''' <br /> '''[[British national grid reference system|grid reference]]'''
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| Kinloch Rannoch || align=right| {{gbmappingsmall|NN661586}}
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| Rannoch station || align=right| {{gbmappingsmall|NN422578}}
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| Corrour station || align=right| {{gbmappingsmall|NN356663}}
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==References==
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Rannoch|volume=22|pages=894&ndash;895}}

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[[Category:Highlands and Islands of Scotland]]

==Further reading==
* Cunningham, A.D. (1989), ''Tales of Rannoch'', [[Perth and Kinross Council]], {{isbn|9780905452050}}
* Cunningham, A.D. (1994), ''A History of Rannoch''
* Strang, Dougie (2023), ''The Bone Cave: A Journey Through Myth and Memory'', [[Birlinn Limited]], Edinburgh, {{isbn|9781780278353}}