River Tummel

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The River Tummel is a river in Perthshire, Scotland. Discharging from Loch Rannoch, it flows east to a point near the Falls of Tummel, where it bends to the southeast, a direction which it maintains until it falls into the River Tay, just below Logierait, after a course of 58 miles from its source in Stob Ghabbar (3565 ft.). Its only considerable affluent is the Garry, 24 miles long, an impetuous river which issues from Loch Garry (2.5 miles and 1334 feet above sea level). About midway in its course the Tummel expands into Loch Tummel (2.75 miles long, 128 feet deep and 500 feet above sea level), between which and the confluence with the Garry occur the Pass and Falls of the Tummel, which are rather in the nature of rapids, the descent altogether amounting to 15 feet.

The scenery throughout this reach is most picturesque, culminating at the point above the eastern extremity of the loch, known as the 'Queen's View' (Queen Victoria made the view famous in 1866, although it is probably named after Queen Isabel, wife of Robert the Bruce). The chief places of interest on the river are Kinloch Rannoch; Dunalastair, a rocky hill in well-wooded grounds, the embellishment of which was largely due to Alexander Robertson of Struan, the Jacobite and poet, from whom the spot takes its name (the stronghold of Alexander); Foss; Faskally House (beautifully situated on the left bank); Pitlochry; and Ballinluig.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.