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on Rannoch Moor.]] The Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (78 km²) of boggy Moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch , in Perth And Kinross and Lochaber , Highland , Scotland . It is notable for its Wildlife , and was frequently visited by Horace Donisthorpe , who collected many unusual species of ants on the moor and surrounding hilly ground. Today it is still one of the few remaining habitats for Formica Exsecta , the Narrow-headed Ant , although recent surveys have failed to produce any sign of Formica Pratensis , which Donisthorpe recorded in the area in the early part of the 20th Century . 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. |