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Chapter IX. 

 ROSS-SHIRE. 



FORESTS OF ACHANALT, STRATHBRAN, AND LOCH 

 ROSQUE BY DINGWALL. 



These three estates are the property of Mr. Arthur 

 Bignold. Achanalt extends to 4,500 acres, Loch 

 Rosque to 11,000 acres, and Strathbran to 14,500 

 acres, making altogether some 30,000 acres of ex- 

 cellent deer ground, and the Parliamentary return, 

 which put the acreage of these three properties at 

 45,000 acres, is altogether erroneous. These three 

 estates, now rolled into one, are bounded by the 

 river Bran on the south, by the forests of Loch 

 Luichart and Fannich on the north, and the sheep 

 grounds of Kinlochewe on the west. Achanalt was 

 first afforested in 1879, Strathbran came next in 



