Braes of Rannoch Parish Church - geograph

Braes of Rannoch ( :wikt:braes, slopes, Gaelic ''Braigh Raithneach'') is a hill with a deserted hamlet and church in

Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

. The hamlet was formerly, briefly, called Georgetown, as the redcoat barracks of

Jacobite rising of 1745 The Jacobite rising of 1745, also known as the Forty-five Rebellion or simply the '45 ( gd, Bliadhna Theàrlaich, , ), was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the Monarchy of Great Britain, British throne for his father, James Franci ...

were then known, then known as Bridge of Rannoch, or Bridge of Gaur, after the bridge on the

River Gaur The River Gaur ( gd, Gamhair / Uisge Ghamhair) is a river in Perthshire which enters Loch Rannoch Loch Rannoch (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Raineach'') is a freshwater loch in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is over long in a west–east direc ...

. The original barracks have gone but a large house and shooting lodge,

Rannoch Barracks 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 Rann ...

, is named after them. The Braes of Rannoch

Manse A manse () is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and other Christian traditions. Ultimately derived from the Latin ''mansus'', "dwelling", from '' ...

became a hostel for forestry workers by the 1970s. The church is today a tourist feature on the road from

Kinloch Rannoch Kinloch Rannoch (; Gaelic: ''Ceann Loch Raineach'') is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the eastern end of Loch Rannoch, 18 miles (29 km) west of Pitlochry, on the banks of the River Tummel. The village is a tourist and outdoor p ...

Rannoch Station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Rannoch.jpg , caption = Rannoch station, looking north from the footbridge , borough = Rannoch, Perth and Kinross , country ...

. The hamlet has had three churches – in 1776, 1855, and 1907, with the

bellcote A bellcote, bell-cote or bell-cot is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells. Bellcotes are most common in church architecture but are also seen on institutions such as schools. The bellcote may be carried on brackets projecting from ...

being moved each time. The first church was associated with the Gaelic Bible translator and poet

Dugald Buchanan Dugald Buchanan (Dùghall Bochanan in Gaelic) (Ardoch Farm, Strathyre (near Balquhidder) in Perthshire, Scotland 1716–1768) was a Scottish poet writing in Scots and Scottish Gaelic. He helped the Rev. James Stuart or Stewart of Killin to tr ...

and the third with the Rev.

A. E. Robertson Rev. Archibald "Archie" Eneas Robertson (1870–1958), was a Church of Scotland minister. He is generally regarded as being the first mountaineer to climb all 282 Munros, the peaks of Scotland over in height, first listed by Sir Hugh Munro. ...

, president of the Scottish Mountaineering Society. The third was designed by

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architect,

Peter MacGregor Chalmers Peter MacGregor Chalmers LLD (14 March 1859 – 15 March 1922) was a Scottish architect specialising in country churches, and also being involved in several important restoration schemes. Life Chalmers was born on 14 March 1859, the son of Georg ...

. The hamlet, or hill, features in the Gaelic song ''Bothan Àirigh am Bràigh Raithneach'' ("A

shieling A shieling is a hut or collection of huts on a seasonal pasture high in the hills, once common in wild or sparsely populated places in Scotland. Usually rectangular with a doorway on the south side and few or no windows, they were often cons ...

on the Braes of Rannoch").

References

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