A history of the Rannochs

From Dad:
Perthshire—Camerons of camghouran and rannoch-where your Mum’s grannie’s folks came from and later some settled in Armadale West Lothian[where mum was born and brought up]

MUM’S GRANNIE CRAIG ms Cameron’s family came from

no doubt that the Camerons would have been fighting at Culloden

In days gone by the boundary between the Cameron and Rannoch lands was roughly where the West Highland Railway now makes its way from Rannoch Station to Corrour.  If you travel on the train you will get a fleeting glimpse of a peat-stained lochan with a sandy shore a mile or two from Rannoch.  This is called Loch a’ Chlaidheimh (In English: the Loch of the Sword). The story of how t got its name is an important one in Rannoch history, and although the account of the incident which occurred there has no doubt been ‘improved’ with the telling it is based on an old and persistent tradition from the 17^th century.  See the rest at:
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/rannoch10.htm