Rannoch Barracks

Rannoch Barracks was a British Army cantonment constructed in 1746 at the western end of Loch Rannoch, Perthshire, Scotland. The military settlement was built in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1745. It was used as a base from which patrols would be sent out to find and capture rebels as well as police the area for brigands and cattle thieves. The original barrack buildings, which are near to the church and deserted hamlet of Bridge of Gaur (Braes of Rannoch), were where Hector Munro brought the Jacobite rebel John Du Cameron after his capture in the Raid on Rannoch. The present-day Rannoch Barracks is the Scottish residence of Baron Pearson of Rannoch, a British businessman and a former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). It is situated on a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) estate that has a shooting lodge named after the former barracks.