Strathcarrons

Strathcarrons is a grass-covered hill in the Scottish Highlands. It is located approximately 6 miles northwest of Pitlochry, a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The hill has a height of 877 metres, and it forms part of the Lowther Hills, a range that includes other notable hills such as Ben Cleuch and Whitepaste Law.

Strathcarrons was recorded as a place name in the 1st edition Ordnance Survey maps of the mid-19th century. During this period, the hill and surrounding areas were part of the large estate of the Dukes of Atholl, local nobility with significant landholdings. Local topographic names during this time were often adopted for strategic and tactical purposes for military territorial divisions.

The terrain of Strathcarrons is considered a mix of a heather moorland and a loch environment. The nearby Loch Rannoch provides a characteristic landscape with peat, wet ground, and stunted trees, which are a hallmark of Scotland's Highland regions.

The geography of Strathcarrons has been shaped by glacial advances. Its glacial moraine and drumlin-shaped hills offer prominent landscapes. Additionally, raised beaches surrounded by glacial esker ridges are still visible in the area.

Strathcarrons and its contiguous regions encompass distinctive topographic and biogeographic elements typical of Scotland's montane and moorland zones.