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|cap=Black Mount, Argyllshire, on Rannoch Moor | |cap=Black Mount, Argyllshire, on Rannoch Moor | ||
|text='''Rannoch Moor''' is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy, highland moorland spread across the meeting of [[Perthshire]] and [[Argyllshire]] to the west of Loch Rannoch, amongst the Highlands. The Moor is designated a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest' and a 'Special Area of Conservation'. | |text='''Rannoch Moor''' is a large expanse of around 50 square miles of boggy, highland moorland spread across the meeting of [[Perthshire]] and [[Argyllshire]] to the west of Loch Rannoch, amongst the Highlands. The Moor is designated a 'Site of Special Scientific Interest' and a 'Special Area of Conservation'. | ||
Peat deposits pose major difficulties to builders of roads and railways. When the West Highland Line was built across Rannoch Moor, its builders had to float the tracks on a mattress of tree roots, brushwood and thousands of tons of earth and ashes. | Peat deposits pose major difficulties to builders of roads and railways. When the West Highland Line was built across Rannoch Moor, its builders had to float the tracks on a mattress of tree roots, brushwood and thousands of tons of earth and ashes. | ||